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bateau

/bætˈəʊ/

bateau noun: a small, flat-bottomed type of boat.

bateau: a small, flat-bottomed type of boat
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Noun

bateau (plural bateaux)

  1. A small, flat-bottomed type of boat.

bateau meaning in Tamil

bateau in Tamil

கப்பல், படகு

Forms of bateau

pluralbateaux
alternative formbatteau

Plural of bateau: bateaux

Origin of bateau

Borrowed from French bateau.

Words formed from bateau

Phrases with bateau

Words that rhyme with bateau

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Questions about bateau

What does bateau mean?
Bateau means a small, flat-bottomed type of boat.
What is bateau in Tamil?
Bateau in Tamil is கப்பல், படகு. See Bateau meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bateau?
Bateau is a noun.
How do you pronounce bateau?
Bateau is pronounced /bætˈəʊ/.
What is the plural of bateau?
The plural of bateau is bateaux.

Words near bateau in the dictionary

  1. Batdorf
  2. Batdorfs
  3. bate
  4. bate an ace
  5. Batea
  6. bateau
  7. Bateau Bay
  8. bateau neck
  9. bateau neckline
  10. bateau necklines
  11. bateaux

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bateau (page history and authors); bateau (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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