bâtonnet

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French bastonet. By surface analysis, bâton +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ba.tɔ.nɛ/, /bɑ.tɔ.nɛ/
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Noun

bâtonnet m (plural bâtonnets)

small stick
des bâtonnets de poisson ― fish finger
batonnet (piece of vegetable cut into the shape of a small stick)
rod cell (any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina that function in dim light levels)

Descendants

→ English: batonnet

Further reading

“bâtonnet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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