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The French word for bat is
chauve-souris





bat

Plural

The plural of chauve-souris is chauves-souris.

French Definition


bat
     1. n. (Zoologie) Chauve-souris.
     2. n. Batte (France), bâton (Canada).
           Baseball bat, cricket bat.
     3. v. Frapper avec une batte.

Translations for bat and their definitions

batte ©
     1. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of battre
     2. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of battre
     3. n-f. a bat (as in baseball bat)


chauve-souris ©
     1. n-f. bat (a small flying mammal of the order Chiroptera)
     2. n-f. (heraldry) a charge depicting the animal of the same name


bâton
     1. n-m. stick
     2. n-m. (heraldry) baton (as a charge)


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