baton

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• Received-Pronunciation: bătʹŏn
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• Received-Pronunciation: bătʹən
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbætɒn/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbæt(ə)n/
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• US: bətänʹ
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• US: /bəˈtɑn/
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• rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -ætɒn
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• rhymes with -ætən
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• rhymes with (US) -ɑn
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• homophone: batten (with reduced second syllable)
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• CMU ARPABET: B AH0 T AA1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: B AE1 T AA2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 3: B AE1 T AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From French bâton. Doublet of baston.

185 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: палка (palka) — military staff of office
• Bulgarian: жезъл (žezǎl) — military staff of office
• Catalan: porra — military staff of office
• Chinese Mandarin: 警棍 (jǐnggùn) — military staff of office
• Chinese Mandarin: 棒 (bàng) — military staff of office
• Chinese Mandarin: 棒子 (bàngzi) — military staff of office
• Danish: stav — military staff of office
• Danish: embedsstav — military staff of office
• Danish: marskalstav — military staff of office
• Estonian: nui — military staff of office
• Estonian: kumminui — military staff of office
• Estonian: sau — military staff of office
• Finnish: sauva — military staff of office
• Finnish: komentosauva — military staff of office
• Finnish: keppi — military staff of office
• Galician: bastón — military staff of office
• German: Kommandostab — military staff of office
• German: Zeremonienstab — military staff of office
• German: Offizierstöckchen — military staff of office
• German: Zepter — military staff of office
• German: Marschallstab — military staff of office
• Hebrew: שרביט (sharvít) — military staff of office
• Italian: bacchetta — military staff of office
• Japanese: 元帥杖 (gensuijō) — military staff of office
• Japanese: 警棒 (keibō) — military staff of office
• Macedonian: пендрек (pendrek) — military staff of office
• Macedonian: палка (palka) — military staff of office
• Polish: pałka — military staff of office
• Portuguese: bastão — military staff of office
• Romanian: baston — military staff of office
• Russian: жезл (žezl) — military staff of office
• Russian: па́лочка (páločka) — military staff of office
• Russian: па́лка (pálka) — military staff of office
• Campidanese Sardinian: pèrtia — military staff of office
• Sardinian: bèrtiga — military staff of office
• Sassarese: vèrtiga — military staff of office
• Spanish: batuta — military staff of office
• Spanish: porra — military staff of office
• Swedish: stav — military staff of office
• Bulgarian: диригентска палка (dirigentska palka) — music: conductor's stick
• Catalan: batuta — music: conductor's stick
• Chinese Mandarin: 指揮棒 /指挥棒 (zhǐhuībàng) — music: conductor's stick
• Czech: taktovka — music: conductor's stick
• Danish: taktstok — music: conductor's stick
• Danish: dirigentstok — music: conductor's stick
• Dutch: baton — music: conductor's stick
• Dutch: dirigeerstok — music: conductor's stick
• Finnish: tahtipuikko — music: conductor's stick
• French: baguette — music: conductor's stick
• Galician: batuta — music: conductor's stick
• German: Taktstock — music: conductor's stick
• German: Tambourstock — music: conductor's stick
• Greek: μπαγκέτα (bagkéta) — music: conductor's stick
• Hebrew: מקל (makél) — music: conductor's stick
• Hungarian: karmesteri pálca — music: conductor's stick
• Icelandic: tónsproti — music: conductor's stick
• Italian: bacchetta — music: conductor's stick
• Japanese: 指揮棒 (shikibō) — music: conductor's stick
• Japanese: タクト (takuto) — music: conductor's stick
• Korean: 지휘봉 (jihwibong) — music: conductor's stick
• Latvian: zizlis — music: conductor's stick
• Lithuanian: dirigento lazdelė — music: conductor's stick
• Macedonian: палка (palka) — music: conductor's stick
• Māori: tira — music: conductor's stick
• Occitan: lata — music: conductor's stick
• Occitan: lateta — music: conductor's stick
• Occitan: bagueta — music: conductor's stick
• Polish: batuta — music: conductor's stick
• Portuguese: batuta — music: conductor's stick
• Romanian: baghetă — music: conductor's stick
• Russian: дирижёрская па́лочка (dirižórskaja páločka) — music: conductor's stick
• Spanish: batuta — music: conductor's stick
• Swedish: dirigentpinne — music: conductor's stick
• Swedish: taktpinne — music: conductor's stick
• Ukrainian: дириге́нтська па́личка (dyryhéntsʹka pályčka) — music: conductor's stick
• Arabic: عَصًا (ʕaṣan) — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Bulgarian: палка (palka) — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Bulgarian: щафета (štafeta) — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Catalan: testimoni — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Chinese Mandarin: 接力棒 (jiēlìbàng) — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Czech: kolík — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Danish: stafet — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Dutch: stokje — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Finnish: kapula — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Finnish: viestikapula — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• French: relai — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• French: relais — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• French: témoin — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• German: Stab — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• German: Staffelstab — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Greek: σκυτάλη (skytáli) — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Hebrew: שרביט (sharvít) — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Hungarian: váltóbot — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Hungarian: staféta — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Italian: testimone — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Japanese: バトン (baton) — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Korean: 배턴 (baeteon) — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Korean: 바통 (batong) — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Latvian: nūjiņa — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Macedonian: штафе́тна палка (štafétna palka) — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Macedonian: штафе́та (štaféta) — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Norwegian Bokmål: stafett — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stafett — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Polish: pałeczka — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Portuguese: testemunho — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Portuguese: bastão — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Russian: эстафе́тная па́лочка (estafétnaja páločka) — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Russian: па́лочка (páločka) — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Russian: эстафе́та (estaféta) — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Slovak: štafeta — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Spanish: testigo — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Spanish: testimonio — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Swedish: stafettpinne — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Turkish: bayrak — sports: object transferred by relay runners
• Arabic: هِرَاوَة (hirāwa) — club of the police
• Armenian: ոստիկանական մահակ (ostikanakan mahak) — club of the police
• Armenian: մահակ (mahak) — club of the police
• Belarusian: дручо́к (dručók) — club of the police
• Belarusian: дубі́нка (dubínka) — club of the police
• Belarusian: даўбе́шка (dawbjéška) — club of the police
• Bulgarian: палка (palka) — club of the police
• Catalan: porra — club of the police
• Chinese Cantonese: 警棍 (ging2 gwan3) — club of the police
• Chinese Mandarin: 警棍 (jǐnggùn) — club of the police
• Czech: obušek — club of the police
• Danish: politistav — club of the police
• Danish: knippel — club of the police
• Dutch: wapenstok — club of the police
• Finnish: pamppu — club of the police
• French: matraque — club of the police
• Galician: porra — club of the police
• German: Schlagstock — club of the police
• German: Knüppel — club of the police
• German: Gummiknüppel — club of the police
• German: Prügel — club of the police
• German: Knüttel — club of the police
• Greek: γκλομπ (gklomp) — club of the police
• Hebrew: אלה (alá) — club of the police
• Hungarian: rendőrbot — club of the police
• Indonesian: pentungan — club of the police
• Irish: smachtín — club of the police
• Italian: manganello — club of the police
• Japanese: 警棒 (keibō) — club of the police
• Khmer: ដំបង (dɑmbɑɑŋ) — club of the police
• Korean: 경봉 (gyeongbong) — club of the police
• Latvian: steks — club of the police
• Malay: cota — club of the police
• Māori: pātene — club of the police
• Marshallese: aļaļ — club of the police
• Norwegian Bokmål: batong — club of the police
• Norwegian Nynorsk: batong — club of the police
• Persian: باتون (bâtôn) — club of the police
• Polish: pałka — club of the police
• Portuguese: cassetete — club of the police
• Portuguese: porrete — club of the police
• Romanian: baston — club of the police
• Romanian: bulan — club of the police
• Romanian: pulan — club of the police
• Russian: дуби́нка (dubínka) — club of the police
• Russian: полице́йская дуби́нка (policéjskaja dubínka) — club of the police
• Russian: демократиза́тор (demokratizátor) — club of the police
• Slovak: obušok — club of the police
• Spanish: porra — club of the police
• Spanish: rolo — club of the police
• Swedish: batong — club of the police
• Thai: กระบอง (gràbong) — club of the police
• Turkish: cop — club of the police
• Ukrainian: дрючо́к (drjučók) — club of the police
• Ukrainian: кийо́к (kyjók) — club of the police
• Ukrainian: дубе́ць (dubécʹ) — club of the police
• Ukrainian: па́лиця (pálycja) — club of the police
• Finnish: bastardijänne — heraldry: a bend with the ends cut off
• German: Bastardfaden — heraldry: a bend with the ends cut off
• German: Abstandhalter — a short vertical post in a fence used to separate wires, not set into the ground
• German: Distanzstab — a short vertical post in a fence used to separate wires, not set into the ground
• Māori: pātene — a short vertical post in a fence used to separate wires, not set into the ground
• Māori: pouihi — a short vertical post in a fence used to separate wires, not set into the ground
• Bulgarian: удрям с палка (udrjam s palka) — to strike with a baton
• Bulgarian: ударя с палка (udarja s palka) — to strike with a baton
• Finnish: pamputtaa — to strike with a baton
• French: frapper avec un bâton — to strike with a baton
• Galician: apancar — to strike with a baton
• German: knüppeln — to strike with a baton
• German: prügeln — to strike with a baton
• Romanian: ciomăgi — to strike with a baton