baton

• bâton

From French bâton. Doublet of baston.

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bătʹŏn, bătʹən, IPA^(key): /ˈbætɒn/, /ˈbæt(ə)n/
• (US) enPR: bətänʹ, IPA^(key): /bəˈtɑn/

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• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ætɒn, -ætən, (US) -ɑn
• Homophone: batten (with reduced second syllable)

baton (plural batons)

1. A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.
3. (military) A ceremonial staff of a field marshal or a similar high-ranking military office.
5. (music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances.
7. (sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race.
9. (gymnastics, juggling) A rod twirled in a marching band's performance, in a gymnastic sport, or in juggling.
11. (weaponry, US) A short stout club used primarily by policemen.

    Synonyms: billy club, nightstick, (UK) truncheon

13. (heraldry) A bend with the ends cut off, resembling a baton, typically borne sinister, and often used as a mark of cadency, initially for both legitimate and illegitimate children, but later chiefly for illegitimate children.

    Alternative forms: batune, baston

    Coordinate term: scrape

14. A short vertical lightweight post, not set into the ground, used to separate wires in a fence.
15. (cooking) A batonnet, a long slice of a vegetable, thicker than a julienne.
17. (baking) A short baguette.

• wand; rod; bat; club
• See also Thesaurus:stick

baton (third-person singular simple present batons, present participle batoning or batonning, simple past and past participle batoned or batonned)

1. (transitive) To strike with a baton.

• The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [1]
• The Observer's Book of Heraldry, by Charles Mackinnon of Dunakin, page 58.

• baton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Baton in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

• Botan, tabon

Borrowed from English baton, from French bâton, from Old French baston, probably from Vulgar Latin *bastō, *bastōnis. Doublet of baston.

• Hyphenation: ba‧ton
• IPA^(key): /baˈton/ [bɐˈt̪on̪]

batón

1. baton (staff or truncheon)
   1. (music) stick of a conductor of an orchestra, or the majorette or drum major of a marching band
   2. (sports) object transferred by relay runners
   3. club used by policemen; night stick

      Synonym: batuta

batón

1. (music) to conduct an orchestra
2. (music) to lead a marching band
3. to use something as a baton

• baston

batón

1. to have something
2. to have a servant
3. to watch; to look after; to take care of

• binatonan (“servant”)
• binatnan (“animal raised for someone; foster child”)

• Fr. Juan Felis de la Encarnación (1851) Diccionario bisaya-español‎^[2] (overall work in Cebuano and Spanish), Amigos del País, page 53
• John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎^[3] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press

From French bâton.

baton (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. bread stick
2. chocolate stick

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[4], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

baton

1. accusative singular of bato

From French bâton.

• IPA^(key): /baˈtɔ̃/

baton

1. stick

báton

1. accept, get, receive

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbaton/ [ˈba.t̪ɔn]
• Rhymes: -aton
• Syllabification: ba‧ton

Borrowed from Dutch baton, from French bâton (“stick”).

baton (plural baton-baton)

1. (music) baton: the stick of a conductor in musical performances

Borrowed from Madurese [Term?].

baton (plural baton-baton)

1. a dowry or gift given at a ceremony to propose to a girl
2. the edges of the halls are made of whole bamboo or wooden blocks

baton (plural baton-baton)

1. syllabic abbreviation of bintara peleton

• “baton” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

baton

1. Rōmaji transcription of バトン

• matan
• batan

From French bâton (“stick”).

baton

1. stick
2. stalk
3. rod, pole
4. cane, walking stick

• Albert Valdman; Thomas A. Klinger; Margaret M. Marshall; Kevin J. Rottet, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole, →ISBN, page 64

From French bâton.

baton

1. stick

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.tɔn/

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• Rhymes: -atɔn
• Syllabification: ba‧ton

Borrowed from French bâton.

baton m animal or m inan (diminutive batonik)

2. candy bar (kind of candy in the shape of a bar, often made of chocolate)
4. (regional) veka (type of pastry made of wheat flour, produced in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland, similar to a French baguette but wider, bigger, and fluffier, and with a smoother surface)

   Synonyms: angielka, bina, bułka paryska, gryzka, kawiorka, weka

5. (slang) baton (folding club used for beating)

   Hypernym: pałka

Borrowed from English button.

baton m animal or m inan

2. (graphical user interface) alternative spelling of button

• baton in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• baton in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• baton in PWN's encyclopedia

Borrowed from French bâton.

• IPA^(key): /baˈton/

baton n (plural batoane)

1. bar, stick

   baton de ciocolată ― chocolate bar

• “baton”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

From French bâton.

baton

1. stick

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Borrowed from English baton, from French bâton, from Old French baston, probably from Vulgar Latin *bastō, *bastōnis. Doublet of baston.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈton/ [bɐˈt̪on̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ba‧ton

batón (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜓᜈ᜔)

1. baton (staff or truncheon)
   1. (music) stick of a conductor of an orchestra, or the majorette or drum major of a marching band

      Synonyms: (conductor baton) batuta, botong

   2. (sports) object transferred by relay runners

      Synonym: botong

   3. club used by policemen; night stick

      Synonyms: batuta, botong

• “baton”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• tabon, banto

batón

1. lipstick