# batel
## Basque
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish batel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /batel/, [ba.t̪e̞l]

### Noun

batel inan
* small boat, dinghy
    Synonym: txalupa

#### Derived terms

* batelari

### Further reading

* “batel”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “batel”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Friulian
### Etymology

Related to bati; from a derivative of Latin battuō, battuere, cf. Vulgar Latin *bataclum < *bat(t)uaculum. Compare French batail, Catalan batall, Italian battaglio. See also batecul.

### Noun

batel m (plural batei)
* clapper (on a bell)

#### Synonyms

* batecul

#### Related terms

* batocj
* bati

## Galician
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese batel (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Old French batel, from Old English bat.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈtɛl/

#### Noun

batel m (plural bateis)
* tender; rowboat
** 1433, A. Rodríguez González & J. Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 32:
    batel para entrar et seyr et para dar carga et tomar carga en porto estando, tenpo non perdendo
       [a] boat for entering and exiting and for taking and delivering the cargo whilst at the harbour, not losing time
    Synonyms: chalupa, esquife
* boat for crossing rivers
    Synonym: barca

### Etymology 2

Borrowing from Old French batail. Doublet of badalo.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈtɛl/

#### Noun

batel m (plural bateis)
* clapper (on a bell)
    Synonym: badalo

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “batel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “batel”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “batel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “batel”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “batel”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Middle English
### Noun

batel
* Alternative form of batayle

## Middle French
### Etymology

From Old French batel (“boat”).

### Noun

batel m (plural bateaulx)
* boat (watercraft)

## Old French
### Etymology

Old English bat +‎ -el

### Noun

batel oblique singular, m (oblique plural bateaus or bateax or batiaus or batiax or batels, nominative singular bateaus or bateax or batiaus or batiax or batels, nominative plural batel)
* boat (watercraft)

#### Synonyms

* nef (more common)

#### Descendants

* Angevin: batiau
* Bourguignon: baiteâ
* Champenois: baté, batiau
* Franc-Comtois: baitiâ
* Middle French: bateau
* Norman: baté
* Picard: batieu, batiau
* Poitevin-Saintongeais: batea
* Walloon: batea
** French: bateau
*** Haitian Creole: bato
*** English: bateau
* → Italian: battello
* → Occitan: batèl, batèu
* → Old Galician-Portuguese: batel
** Galician: batel
** Portuguese: batel, bote
* → Spanish: batel, bote

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese batel, from Old French batel (“boat”) (Modern French bateau).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /baˈtɛw/ [baˈtɛʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /bɐˈtɛl/ [bɐˈtɛɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /bɐˈtɛl/ [bɐˈtɛɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /bɐˈtɛ.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
* Hyphenation: ba‧tel

### Noun

batel m (plural batéis)
* (nautical) (small) boat

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian battello.

### Noun

batel n (uncountable)
* a small ship

#### Declension
### References

* batel in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Old French batel (“boat”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈtel/ [baˈt̪el]
* Rhymes: -el
* Syllabification: ba‧tel

### Noun

batel m (plural bateles)
* rowboat for four rowers and a cox

### Further reading

* “batel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10