# batre
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin battere, from earlier battuere. Compare Occitan batre, French battre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈba.tɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈba.tɾe]
* Rhymes: -atɾe

### Verb

batre (first-person singular present bato, first-person singular preterite batí, past participle batut)
* (transitive) to beat
* (transitive) to thresh
* (transitive) to hammer, to pound
* (transitive) to batter, beat up, to plunder
* (transitive, intransitive, baseball) to bat
* (intransitive) to beat
* (pronominal) to fight

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | batre | batre | batre | batre | batre |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | batent | batent | batent | batent | batent |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | batut | batut | batuda | batuda |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | batuts | batuts | batudes | batudes |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | bato | bats | bat | batem | bateu | baten |
| indicative | imperfect | batia | baties | batia | batíem | batíeu | batien |
| indicative | future | batré | batràs | batrà | batrem | batreu | batran |
| indicative | preterite | batí | bateres | baté | batérem | batéreu | bateren |
| indicative | conditional | batria | batries | batria | batríem | batríeu | batrien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | bati | batis | bati | batem | bateu | batin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | batés | batessis | batés | batéssim | batéssiu | batessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | bat | bati | batem | bateu | batin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no batis | no bati | no batem | no bateu | no batin |

#### Derived terms

* bat
* batedor
* batent
* baterell
* batre el rècord
* batuda
* batussa
* batut
* de bat a bat

#### Related terms

* batuta

### Further reading

* “batre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “batre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

batre
* Alternative form of bature

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

batre
* Alternative form of bateren

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* bàter (Gascony)

### Etymology

From Old Occitan batre, from Latin battere, from earlier battuere.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Languedoc):(file)

### Verb

batre
* to hit; to strike

#### Conjugation

| | | simple | simple | simple | compound | compound | compound |
| infinitive | infinitive | batre | batre | batre | aver batut | aver batut | aver batut |
| gerund | gerund | batent | batent | batent | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle |
| past participle | past participle | batut | batut | batut | — | — | — |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles |
| indicative | present | bati | bates | bat | batèm | batètz | baton |
| indicative | imperfect | batiái | batiás | batiá | batiam | batiatz | batián |
| indicative | preterite | batèri | batères | batèt | batèrem | batèretz | batèron |
| indicative | future | batrai | batràs | batrà | batrem | batretz | batràn |
| indicative | conditional | batriái | batriás | batriá | batriam | batriatz | batrián |
| indicative | conditional 2nd form$^1$ | | | | | | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle |
| subjunctive | | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles |
| subjunctive | present | bata | batas | bata | batam | batatz | batan |
| subjunctive | imperfect | batèsse | batèsses | batèsse | batèssem | batèssetz | batèsson |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| imperative | imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — |
| imperative | imperative | | bat | | batam | batètz | $^1$Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects |

## Old French
### Etymology

From Latin battere, from earlier battuere.

### Verb

batre
* to beat; to hit; to strike

#### Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

#### Derived terms

* abatre
* combatre
* esbatre

#### Descendants

* Middle French: battre
** French: battre
* Norman: battre
* Walloon: bate
* Middle English: baten, bate, battyn, batyn
** English: bat; bate
** Scots: bat, batt
** ⇒ Middle English: bateren, batre
*** English: batter
*** Scots: batter