bât

Inherited from Old French bast, from Vulgar Latin *bastum, derivative of *bastō (“to carry, serve as a support, suffice”), from Ancient Greek βαστάζω (bastázō, “to lift, bear”). Displaced Classical Latin clitellae.

• IPA^(key): /ba/ ~ /bɑ/
• Homophones: bas, bâts (general), bat, bats (some speakers)

bât m (plural bâts)

1. packsaddle

• cheval de bât
• c'est là que le bât blesse

• “bât”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• bît — 1953–1993 spelling

Probably from bătrân.

bât m or n (feminine singular bâtă, masculine plural bâți, feminine and neuter plural bâte)

1. (regional) old (about people)

bât m (plural bâți)

1. (regional) grandfather