bâton
French, noun/ba.tɔ̃/
bâton is spelled B-Â-T-O-N (5 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written French, the 5,648th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bâton is a French masculine noun meaning “stick” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Morceau de bois assez long, qu’on peut tenir à la main et qui sert d’appui, d'arme, de hampe et peut être…”.
What does bâton mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestick
- 2
masculinebaton (as a charge)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Morceau de bois assez long, qu’on peut tenir à la main et qui sert d’appui, d'arme, de hampe et peut être utilisé à d'autres usages. 2. Servant d'appui. 3. Servant d'arme, ou employé pour châtier. 4. (Ski) Chacune des cannes utilisées par le skieur.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bâton
- bâtons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bâton?
- /ba.tɔ̃/
- /bɑ.tɔ̃/
- \bɑ.tɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bâton
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bâton in French?
bâton appears 13 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).