Multiple Entries: battre battu Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:battre /batʀ/ (conjugate⇒) - transitive verb
- (defeat) to beat [opponent];
to break [record]; - (hit) to beat [person, animal, carpet];
to thresh [corn]; - [rain, sea] to beat against;
- to whisk [eggs];
to whip [cream]; - to shuffle [cards];
- Mus ~ la mesure to beat time;
- to scour [countryside].
- battre de verb+preposition ~ des ailes to flap its wings;
~ des cils to flutter one's eyelashes;
~ des mains to clap (one's hands).
- intransitive verb
- [heart, pulse] to beat;
- [door] to bang.
- se battre reflexive verb (+ v être) to fight.
IDIOMS: ~ en retraite devant qch to retreat before sth;
~ son plein to be in full swing. Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:battu, ~e /baty/ - pp → See Also→ battre.
- past participle adjective [child, wife] battered.
Subscribe to the Oxford Concise or Unabridged dictionary for more translations, meanings and examples. ' battu' found in these entries: battre: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009battu: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009| Principal Translations |
| battre ⇒ | (donner des coups) | v | hit (beat) |
| battre | (heurter (vagues)) | v | beat (pound) | | | | Additional Translations: |
| battre | | v | ram (hit sth) |
| battre | | v | flap (trashing motion) |
| battre | | v | beat (shape) |
| battre | (contre qch) | v | buffet (beat) |
| battre | (démolir) | v | demolish |
| battre | (des ailes) | v | bat (flutter) |
| battre | (donner une leçon) | v | flail (donner une leçon, une raclée) |
| battre | (être meilleur) | v | beat (be superior) |
| battre | (faire du bruit) | v | flap (move noisily) |
| battre | (flanquer une raclée) | v | beat (give a beating to) |
| battre | (frapper) | v | beat (strike) |
| battre | (gagner) | v | defeat (win) |
| battre | (la mesure) | v | flutter (beat rapidly) |
| battre | (les sourcils) | v | quiver (pulsate) |
| battre | (linge) | v | beat (flap) |
| battre | (lutter batailler) | v | battle (to struggle against) |
| battre | (manier la batte) | v | bat (beat) |
| battre | (mélanger (cartes, oeufs)) cartes | v | mix |
| battre | (mouvement) | v | flap (flapping motion) |
| battre | (pulsation) | v | throb (pulsation) |
| battre | (pulvériser un record) | v | smash |
| battre | (qqn) | v | scramble (beat) |
| battre | (rompre) | v | better (break) |
| battre | (se disputer (un travail)) | v | beat (scramble) |
| battre | (surpasser) | v | break (surpass) |
| battre | (vitesse du coeur) | v | pulse (throb) |
| battre | (cœur) | vi | pound (beat) |
| battre | | vtr | batter |
| battre | | vtr | cream (beat: butter) |
| battre | (à plate couture) | vtr | lick (defeat) | | | | Pronominal Verbs/Verbes pronominaux |
| se battre | v | struggle with (struggle with each other) |
| se battre | v | do battle |
| se battre | v | fight | | Compound Forms/Formes composées |
| battre de l'aile (déclin) | | be on the skids |
| battre du tambour | | beat the drum |
| battre du tambour | vi | drum (play drums) |
| battre en retraite | v | beat a retreat |
| battre la mesure | | beat time |
| battre le record | | break the record |
| battre le tambour | vi | drum (play the drums) |
| battre les cartes | | shuffle the cards |
| battre rapidement (battre rapidement) | nf | beat wildly |
| battre sa coulpe | v | admit one's guilt |
| battre son plein | | be in full swing |
| battre son plein | | be at its height |
| se battre (pour le revolver) | vpr | struggle for (struggle for the gun) |
| se battre avec | v | fight with |
| se battre bec et ongles | vpr | fight tooth and nail |
| se battre jusqu'à ce que mort s'en suive | v | fight to death |
| se battre pour | v | vie for |
| se battre pour | v | crusade for |
| se battre pour (soutenir) | v | advocate (to support) |
| se battre pour la bonne cause | v | fight the good fight | | Report an error. |
| Principal Translations |
| battu | (maltraité) | adj | battered (beaten) |
| battu | (par son adversaire) | adj | beaten up | | | | Additional Translations: |
| battu | (mine air) | | tired |
| battu | (à répétition) | adj | beaten (beaten repeatedly) |
| battu | (maltraité) | adj | battered |
| battu | (sorti perdant) | adj | lost |
| battu | (cartes à jouer) | pp adj | shuffled |
| battu | (défaite) | pp adj | whipped | | Compound Forms/Formes composées |
| le sentier battu | | the beaten path |
| le sentier battu | | the beaten track |
| sentier battu | nm | beaten path |
| sentier battu | nm | beaten track |
| œuf battu | nm | beaten egg | | Report an error. | Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "battu".
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