baton

See also: Baton, bâton, batön, and bất ổn

English

Charles III holding a baton (sense 2)

conductor's baton (sense 3)

passing the baton (sense 4) in a relay race

majorette holding a baton (sense 5)

police officer wielding a baton (sense 6)

Argent, a baton gules (sense 7)

baton (sense 10)

Alternative forms

• bâton

Etymology

From French bâton. Doublet of baston.

Pronunciation

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

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

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

Noun

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.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• baton charge
• batonic
• batonist
• batonless
• batonlike
• baton round
• baton sinister
• pass the baton

 

Related terms

• baston
• batonnet

 

Translations

military staff of office

• Bulgarian: палка (bg) (palka), жезъл (bg) (žezǎl)
• Catalan: porra (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 警棍 (zh) (jǐnggùn), 棒 (zh) (bàng), 棒子 (zh) (bàngzi)

• Danish: stav c, embedsstav c, marskalstav c (of a marshal)
• Estonian: nui (et), kumminui, sau
• Finnish: sauva (fi), komentosauva, keppi (fi)
• Galician: bastón (gl) m
• German: Kommandostab (de) m, Zeremonienstab m, Offizierstöckchen n, Zepter (de) n, Marschallstab (de) m
• Hebrew: שרביט (he) m (sharvít)
• Italian: bacchetta (it)
• Japanese: 元帥杖 (gensuijō), 警棒 (ja) (keibō)
• Korean: 지휘봉 (ko) (jihwibong)
• Macedonian: пендрек m (pendrek), палка f (palka)
• Polish: pałka (pl) f
• Portuguese: bastão (pt) m
• Romanian: baston (ro) n
• Russian: жезл (ru) m (žezl), па́лочка (ru) f (páločka), па́лка (ru) f (pálka)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: pèrtia

  Logudorese: bèrtiga

• Sassarese: vèrtiga
• Spanish: batuta (es) f, porra (es) f
• Swedish: stav (sv) c

music: conductor's stick

• Bulgarian: диригентска палка (dirigentska palka)
• Catalan: batuta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 指揮棒／指挥棒 (zh) (zhǐhuībàng)

• Czech: taktovka (cs) f
• Danish: taktstok c, dirigentstok c
• Dutch: baton (nl) m, dirigeerstok (nl) m
• Finnish: tahtipuikko (fi)
• French: baguette (fr) f
• Galician: batuta (gl) f
• German: Taktstock (de) m, Tambourstock m
• Greek: μπαγκέτα (el) f (bagkéta)
• Hebrew: מקל (he) m (makél)
• Hungarian: karmesteri pálca
• Icelandic: tónsproti m
• Italian: bacchetta (it) f
• Japanese: 指揮棒 (ja) (shikibō), タクト (takuto)
• Latvian: zizlis m
• Lithuanian: dirigento lazdelė f
• Macedonian: палка f (palka)
• Maori: tira
• Occitan: lata (oc) f, lateta f, bagueta (oc) f
• Polish: batuta (pl) f
• Portuguese: batuta (pt) f
• Romanian: baghetă (ro) f
• Russian: дирижёрская па́лочка f (dirižórskaja páločka)
• Spanish: batuta (es) f
• Swedish: dirigentpinne c, taktpinne c

sports: object transferred by relay runners

• Arabic: عَصًا f (ʕaṣan)
• Bulgarian: палка (bg) (palka), щафета (štafeta)
• Catalan: testimoni (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 接力棒 (zh) (jiēlìbàng)

• Czech: kolík (cs) m
• Danish: stafet (da) c
• Dutch: stokje (nl) n
• Finnish: kapula (fi), viestikapula (fi)
• French: relai (fr) m, relais (fr) m, témoin (fr) m
• German: Stab (de) m, Staffelstab m
• Greek: σκυτάλη (el) f (skytáli)
• Hebrew: שרביט (he) m (sharvít)
• Hungarian: váltóbot (hu), staféta (hu)
• Italian: testimone (it) m
• Japanese: バトン (ja) (baton)
• Latvian: nūjiņa f
• Macedonian: штафе́тна палка f (štafétna palka), штафе́та f (štaféta)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stafett (no) m

  Nynorsk: stafett m

• Polish: pałeczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: testemunho (pt) (Portugal), bastão (pt) (Brazil)
• Russian: эстафе́тная па́лочка (ru) f (estafétnaja páločka), па́лочка (ru) f (páločka), эстафе́та (ru) f (estaféta)
• Slovak: štafeta f
• Spanish: testigo (es) m
• Swedish: stafettpinne c

club of the police

• Arabic: هِرَاوَة f (hirāwa)
• Armenian: ոստիկանական մահակ (ostikanakan mahak), մահակ (hy) (mahak)
• Belarusian: дручо́к m (dručók), дубі́нка f (dubínka), даўбе́шка f (daŭbjéška)
• Catalan: porra (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 警棍 (ging² gwan³)

  Mandarin: 警棍 (zh) (jǐnggùn)

• Czech: obušek m
• Danish: politistav c, knippel c
• Dutch: wapenstok (nl) m
• Finnish: pamppu (fi)
• French: matraque (fr) f
• Galician: porra f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Schlagstock m, Knüppel (de) m, Gummiknüppel (de) m, Prügel (de) m (dated), Knüttel (de) m (regional)
• Greek: γκλομπ (el) n (gklomp)
• Hebrew: אלה (he) f (alá)
• Hungarian: rendőrbot
• Indonesian: pentungan (id)
• Irish: smachtín m
• Italian: manganello (it) m
• Japanese: 警棒 (ja) (keibō)
• Khmer: ដំបង (km) (dɑmbɑɑŋ)
• Korean: 경봉 (ko) (gyeongbong)
• Latvian: steks m
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: pātene
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: batong m

  Nynorsk: batong m

• Persian: باتون (fa) (bâtôn)
• Polish: pałka (pl) f
• Portuguese: cassetete (pt) m, porrete (pt)
• Romanian: baston (ro) n, bulan n, pulan n
• Russian: дуби́нка (ru) f (dubínka), полице́йская дуби́нка f (policéjskaja dubínka), (slang) демократиза́тор (ru) m (demokratizátor)
• Slovak: obušok m
• Spanish: porra (es) f
• Swedish: batong (sv) c
• Thai: กระบอง (th) (gràbong)
• Turkish: cop (tr)
• Ukrainian: дрючо́к m (drjučók), кийо́к m (kyjók), дубе́ць (dubécʹ), па́лиця (uk) f (pálycja)

heraldry: a bend with the ends cut off

• Finnish: bastardijänne (especially when marking illegitimacy)
• German: Bastardfaden m (especially when marking illegitimacy; sometimes extending across the shield (without the ends cut off))

a short vertical post in a fence used to separate wires, not set into the ground

• German: Abstandhalter m, Distanzstab m
• Maori: pātene, pouihi

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: bastoneto
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} bastoneto (io)

Verb

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.

Translations

to strike with a baton

• Finnish: pamputtaa (fi)
• French: frapper avec un bâton
• Galician: apancar (gl)
• German: knüppeln (de), prügeln (de)
• Romanian: ciomăgi (ro)

References

• 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.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Botan, tabon

Cebuano

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Verb

batón

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

Related terms

• baston

Etymology 2

Verb

batón

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

Derived terms

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

References

• 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

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From French bâton.

Noun

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

1. bread stick
2. chocolate stick

Declension

Declension of baton

nominative	baton
genitive	batonnıñ
dative	batonğa
accusative	batonnı
locative	batonda
ablative	batondan

References

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

Esperanto

Noun

baton

1. accusative singular of bato

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French bâton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈtɔ̃/

Noun

baton

1. stick

Hiligaynon

Verb

báton

1. accept, get, receive

Japanese

Romanization

baton

1. Rōmaji transcription of バトン

Louisiana Creole

Alternative forms

• matan
• batan

Etymology

From French bâton (“stick”).

Noun

baton

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

References

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

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French bâton.

Noun

baton

1. stick

References

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

Polish

baton sense 1

baton sense 2

baton sense 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.tɔn/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -atɔn
• Syllabification: ba‧ton

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bâton.

Noun

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

Declension

Declension of baton

	singular	plural
nominative	baton	batony
genitive	batona/batonu	batonów
dative	batonowi	batonom
accusative	baton/batona	batony
instrumental	batonem	batonami
locative	batonie	batonach
vocative	batonie	batony

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English button.

Noun

baton m animal or m inan

2. (graphical user interface) Alternative spelling of button

Declension

Declension of baton

	singular	plural
nominative	baton	batony
genitive	batona/batonu	batonów
dative	batonowi	batonom
accusative	batona/baton	batony
instrumental	batonem	batonami
locative	batonie	batonach
vocative	batonie	batony

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bâton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈton/

Noun

baton n (plural batoane)

1. bar, stick

   baton de ciocolată ― chocolate bar

Declension

Declension of baton

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) baton	batonul	(niște) batoane	batoanele
genitive/dative	(unui) baton	batonului	(unor) batoane	batoanelor
vocative	batonule		batoanelor

Further reading

• baton in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French bâton.

Noun

baton

1. stick

References

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

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• tabon, banto

Tetum

Noun

batón

1. lipstick