different between abatis vs batis

English

Alternative forms

• abattis

Etymology

From French abatis, abattis (“mass of things beaten or cut down”), from abattre. See abate.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æb.??ti?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æb.??ti/, /?æb.?.t?s/

Noun

abatis (plural abatis or abatises)

1. A means of defense formed by felled trees, or sometimes by bent trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy, and more recently fortified with barbed wire. [Mid 19^th century.]
2. In the middle ages, an officer of the stables who had the care of measuring out the provender; an avenor.
3. In fortification, a barricade made of felled trees denuded of their smaller branches, with the butt-ends of the trunks embedded in the earth or secured by pickets, and the sharpened ends of the branches directed upward and outward toward an advancing enemy, for the purpose of obstructing his progress. In field-fortifications the abatis is usually constructed in front of the ditch. See fortification.
4. In coal-mining, walls of cord-wood piled up crosswise to keep the underground roads open so as to secure ventilation.

References

• 1889 Century Dictionary, volume 1 page 5

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Bastia, tabias

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /??ba.tis/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a?ba.tis/

Verb

abatis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive form of abatre

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?batis/

Verb

abatis

1. past of abatar

Portuguese

Noun

abatis m (plural abatises)

1. abatis (fortification formed by felled trees with sharpened branches)

English

Etymology

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Noun

batis (plural batises)

1. Any of several passerine birds in the genus Batis, related to the wattle-eyes.
2. Any of the genus Batis of saltworts.

References

bird

• Batis (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Batis (Platysteiridae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Batis (bird) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

plant

• Batis (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Batis (Bataceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Batis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

References

• batis at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• IBATs, Staib, absit, baits, tabis

Balinese

Romanization

batis

1. Romanization of ?????

Brunei Malay

Etymology

Cognate to Malay betis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /batis/
• Hyphenation: ba?tis

Noun

batis

1. (anatomy) leg (lower limb)
2. foot (part of the leg from ankle to toe)

Synonyms

• (part of the body): kaki

Catalan

Verb

batis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive form of batre

Esperanto

Verb

batis

1. past of bati

Ido

Verb

batis

1. past of batar

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ????? (batís).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ba.tis/, [?bät??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ba.tis/, [?b??t?is]

Noun

batis f (genitive batis); third declension

1. A plant, probably samphire

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

References

• batis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• batis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• batis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• batis in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ba.ti?s/, [?bät?i?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ba.tis/, [?b??t?is]

Noun

bat?s

1. dative plural of batus
2. ablative plural of batus

Tagalog

Noun

batis

1. spring; stream; rivulet; brook
2. continuous flow of water from its source
3. (literary) source; origin

Derived terms

• batisan