la carotte et le bâton
French, noun/la ka.ʁɔt e l(ə) ba.tɔ̃/
la carotte et le bâton is spelled L-A-C-A-R-O-T-T-E-E-T-L-E-B-Â-T-O-N (18 letters). La carotte et le bâton is a French noun meaning “carrot and stick” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “La récompense et la punition pour influencer le comportement d’un individu ou des gens”.
What does la carotte et le bâton mean in English?
noun
- 1
carrot and stick
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. La récompense et la punition pour influencer le comportement d’un individu ou des gens.
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.
How do you pronounce la carotte et le bâton?
- /la ka.ʁɔt e l(ə) ba.tɔ̃/
- /la ka.ʁɔt e l(ə) bɑ.tɔ̃/
- \la ka.ʁɔ.t‿e lə bɑ.tɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.