Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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prefix
Belonging to or associated with Batman; sometimes said of bat-themed objects used by him.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
prefix
Alternative letter-case form of Bat-.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, morpheme
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Originally of the nature of a noun adjunct forming compound nouns, first bat + man = the batman or the Bat-Man = Batman, then later bat-phone = Bat-phone, bat-signal = Bat-signal, and so on.
See Bat- § Etymology.
