name
Meaning 1
A surname from French.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
batiste
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
Pronunciation
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/bəˈtiːst/
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rhymes with -iːst
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CMU ARPABET: B AH0 T IH1 S T AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A fine cloth made from cotton or linen; cambric.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
a thin plain-weave cotton or linen fabric; used for shirts or dresses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile
History
Etymology
From French batiste, a form of Baptiste, of disputed origin (“according to Littré and Scheler from the alleged original maker, Baptiste of Cambray; according to others, from its use in wiping the heads of children after baptism” – OED).
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: batis — fine cloth
- Bulgarian: батиста (batista) — fine cloth
- Catalan: batista — fine cloth
- Czech: batist — fine cloth
- Danish: batist — fine cloth
- Dutch: batist — fine cloth
- Esperanto: batisto — fine cloth
- Estonian: batist — fine cloth
- Finnish: batisti — fine cloth
- German: Batist — fine cloth
- Greek: βατίστα (vatísta) — fine cloth
- Hungarian: batiszt — fine cloth
- Indonesian: batis — fine cloth
- Italian: batista — fine cloth
- Japanese: バチスト (bachisuto) — fine cloth
- Kazakh: бәтес (bätes) — fine cloth
- Korean: 바티스트 (batiseuteu) — fine cloth
- Polish: batyst — fine cloth
- Portuguese: batista — fine cloth
- Portuguese: cambraia — fine cloth
- Romanian: batist — fine cloth
- Russian: бати́ст (batíst) — fine cloth
- Spanish: batista — fine cloth
- Swedish: batist — fine cloth
- Tagalog: batista — fine cloth
- Turkish: patiska — fine cloth
- Vietnamese: phin — fine cloth