battoir
French, noun/ba.twaʁ/
battoir is spelled B-A-T-T-O-I-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 119,721st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Battoir is a French masculine noun meaning “beater; carpet beater” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Instrument qui sert à battre”.
What does battoir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebeater; carpet beater
- 2
masculinewashing beetle, battledore
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrument qui sert à battre. 2. Sorte de palette enduite de colle et de nerfs et recouverte de parchemin, à manche court pour jouer à la courte paume, à manche long pour jouer à la longue paume. 3. Grosse palette de bois qui servait autrefois aux blanchisseuses à battre le linge. 4. Main de grande taille.
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 battoir
- battoirs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce battoir?
- /ba.twaʁ/
- \ba.twaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to battoir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is battoir in French?
battoir appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).