batel

Borrowed from Spanish batel.

• IPA^(key): /batel/, [ba.t̪e̞l]

batel inan

1. small boat, dinghy

   Synonym: txalupa

• “batel”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia
• “batel”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Related to bati; from a derivative of Latin battuō, battuere, cf. Vulgar Latin *bataclum < *bat(t)uaculum. Compare French batail, Catalan batall, Italian battaglio. See also batecul.

batel m (plural batei)

1. clapper (on a bell)

• batecul

• batocj
• bati

From Old Galician-Portuguese batel (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Old French batel, from Old English bat.

• IPA^(key): /baˈtɛl/

batel m (plural bateis)

1. tender; rowboat
   • 1433, A. Rodríguez González & J. Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 32:

     batel para entrar et seyr et para dar carga et tomar carga en porto estando, tenpo non perdendo

     [a] boat for entering and exiting and for taking and delivering the cargo whilst at the harbour, not losing time

   Synonyms: chalupa, esquife

2. boat for crossing rivers

   Synonym: barca

Borrowing from Old French batail. Doublet of badalo.

• IPA^(key): /baˈtɛl/

batel m (plural bateis)

1. clapper (on a bell)

   Synonym: badalo

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “batel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “batel”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “batel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “batel”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “batel”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

batel

1. Alternative form of batayle

From Old French batel (“boat”).

batel m (plural bateaulx)

1. boat (watercraft)

Old English bat +‎ -el

batel oblique singular, m (oblique plural bateaus or bateax or batiaus or batiax or batels, nominative singular bateaus or bateax or batiaus or batiax or batels, nominative plural batel)

1. boat (watercraft)

• nef (more common)

• Angevin: batiau
• Bourguignon: baiteâ
• Champenois: baté, batiau
• Franc-Comtois: baitiâ
• Middle French: bateau
• Norman: baté
• Picard: batieu, batiau
• Poitevin-Saintongeais: batea
• Walloon: batea
  • French: bateau
    • Haitian Creole: bato
    • English: bateau
• → Italian: battello
• → Occitan: batèl, batèu
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: batel
  • Galician: batel
  • Portuguese: batel, bote
• → Spanish: batel, bote

From Old Galician-Portuguese batel, from Old French batel (“boat”) (Modern French bateau).

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl
• Hyphenation: ba‧tel

batel m (plural batéis)

1. (nautical) (small) boat

Borrowed from Italian battello.

batel n (uncountable)

1. a small ship

• batel in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

From Old French batel (“boat”).

• IPA^(key): /baˈtel/ [baˈt̪el]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: ba‧tel

batel m (plural bateles)

1. rowboat for four rowers and a cox

• “batel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28