embattre
French, verb/ɑ̃.batʁ/
embattre is spelled E-M-B-A-T-T-R-E (8 letters). Embattre is a French verb meaning “post-1990 spelling of embatre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cercler une roue avec une bande de fer”.
What does embattre mean in English?
verb
- 1
post-1990 spelling of embatre
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Cercler une roue avec une bande de fer. 2. Retoucher un outil en métal avec un marteau.
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 embattre
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- embattant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- embattu participle past
- embats first-person indicative present
- embat indicative present singular
- embattons first-person indicative plural
- embattez indicative plural present
- embattent indicative plural present
- embattais first-person imperfect indicative
- embattait imperfect indicative singular
- embattions first-person imperfect indicative
- embattiez imperfect indicative plural
- embattaient imperfect indicative plural
- embattis first-person historic indicative
- embattit historic indicative past
- embattîmes first-person historic indicative
- embattîtes historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce embattre?
- /ɑ̃.batʁ/
- \ɑ̃.batʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.