ébat
French
Etymology
From ébattre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.ba/
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Noun
ébat m (plural ébats)
- (usually in the plural) frolic
- des ébats sexuels ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 1973, Jean Eustache, La Maman et la Putain, spoken by Marie:
- Ah, mais je vois que vous avez renversé un cendrier pendant vos ébats !
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Verb
ébat
- third-person singular present indicative of ébattre
Further reading
- “ébat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.