"battledore" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: battledores [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English batildore, batylledore, batildure, batyldoure, batyndore, probably as a blend of Middle English betel (“bat, club”) and Old Occitan batedor (“beater, bat”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|batildore}} Middle English batildore, {{m|enm|batylledore}} batylledore, {{m|enm|batildure}} batildure, {{m|enm|batyldoure}} batyldoure, {{m|enm|batyndore}} batyndore, {{der|en|enm|betel|t=bat, club}} Middle English betel (“bat, club”), {{der|en|pro|batedor|t=beater, bat}} Old Occitan batedor (“beater, bat”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} battledore (plural battledores)
  1. A game played with a shuttlecock and rackets (properly battledore and shuttlecock); a forerunner of badminton. Categories (topical): Alphabets, Laundry, Sports, Tools
    Sense id: en-battledore-en-noun-EeD0O5Vg Disambiguation of Alphabets: 45 12 33 10 Disambiguation of Laundry: 28 31 18 23 Disambiguation of Sports: 35 37 13 16 Disambiguation of Tools: 20 36 8 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 9 5 5
  2. The racket used in this game. Categories (topical): Laundry, Sports, Sports equipment, Tools Translations (The racket used in this game): Federballschläger [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-battledore-en-noun-54sTEOxG Disambiguation of Laundry: 28 31 18 23 Disambiguation of Sports: 35 37 13 16 Disambiguation of Sports equipment: 17 57 4 22 Disambiguation of Tools: 20 36 8 35 Disambiguation of 'The racket used in this game': 7 84 1 7
  3. (obsolete) A child's hornbook for learning the alphabet. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Education, Laundry, Sports
    Sense id: en-battledore-en-noun-MCoZqJFV Disambiguation of Education: 0 0 100 0 Disambiguation of Laundry: 28 31 18 23 Disambiguation of Sports: 35 37 13 16
  4. (historical) A wooden paddle-shaped bat or beetle used to wash clothes by beating, stirring, or smoothing them. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Laundry, Sports, Tools Translations (Bat or beetle for washing clothes): مِدَقّ (midaqq) [masculine] (Arabic), مِدَقَّة (midaqqa) [feminine] (Arabic), مِكْبَس (mikbas) [masculine] (Arabic), كُذِين (kuḏīn) [masculine] (Arabic), بَيْزَر (bayzar) [masculine] (Arabic), بَيْذَر (bayḏar) [masculine] (Arabic), بَيْزَارَة (bayzāra) [feminine] (Arabic), وَبِيل (wabīl) (Arabic), مِكْمَدَة (mikmada) [feminine] (Arabic), lixiba-pala (Basque), golvazh [feminine] (Breton), pala de rentar [feminine] (Catalan), wasklopper [masculine] (Dutch), kurikas (Estonian), pyykkikarttu (Finnish), pesukarttu (Finnish), karttu (Finnish), battoir [masculine] (French), Bleuel [masculine] (German), Wäschebleuel [masculine] (German), Waschbleuel [masculine] (German), κόπανος (kópanos) [masculine] (Greek), mestola [feminine] (Italian), tudes fullōnis [masculine] (Latin), tudes fullōnum [Neo-Latin, masculine] (Latin), kultuvė (Lithuanian), Bleil [masculine] (Luxembourgish), Blëll [masculine] (Luxembourgish), şûnik [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), banketre [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), کدین (kodin) (Persian), کدنگ (kodang) (Persian), kijanka [feminine] (Polish), валёк (valjók) [masculine] (Russian), pala de lavar [masculine] (Spanish), moza [feminine] (Spanish), klappträ [neuter] (Swedish), klappbräda [common-gender] (Swedish), пра́ник (prányk) (Ukrainian), прач (prač) (Ukrainian), golchbren [masculine] (Welsh), golchffon [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-battledore-en-noun-CxobzUGX Disambiguation of Laundry: 28 31 18 23 Disambiguation of Sports: 35 37 13 16 Disambiguation of Tools: 20 36 8 35 Disambiguation of 'Bat or beetle for washing clothes': 8 14 3 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: battledoor Derived forms: know B from a battledore, know a B from a battledore

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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
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          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "kodin",
          "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
          "word": "کدین"
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          "roman": "kodang",
          "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
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          "word": "kijanka"
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          "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
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          "word": "pala de lavar"
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          "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "moza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 14 3 75",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "klappträ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 14 3 75",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "klappbräda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 14 3 75",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "prányk",
          "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
          "word": "пра́ник"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 14 3 75",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "prač",
          "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
          "word": "прач"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 14 3 75",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "golchbren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 14 3 75",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "golchffon"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "battledoor"
    }
  ],
  "word": "battledore"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old Occitan",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "en:Alphabets",
    "en:Education",
    "en:Laundry",
    "en:Sports",
    "en:Sports equipment",
    "en:Tools"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "know B from a battledore"
    },
    {
      "word": "know a B from a battledore"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "batildore"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English batildore",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "batylledore"
      },
      "expansion": "batylledore",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "batildure"
      },
      "expansion": "batildure",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "batyldoure"
      },
      "expansion": "batyldoure",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "batyndore"
      },
      "expansion": "batyndore",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "betel",
        "t": "bat, club"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English betel (“bat, club”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pro",
        "3": "batedor",
        "t": "beater, bat"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Occitan batedor (“beater, bat”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English batildore, batylledore, batildure, batyldoure, batyndore, probably as a blend of Middle English betel (“bat, club”) and Old Occitan batedor (“beater, bat”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "battledores",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "battledore (plural battledores)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A game played with a shuttlecock and rackets (properly battledore and shuttlecock); a forerunner of badminton."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shuttlecock",
          "shuttlecock"
        ],
        [
          "rackets",
          "rackets"
        ],
        [
          "battledore and shuttlecock",
          "battledore and shuttlecock"
        ],
        [
          "badminton",
          "badminton"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The racket used in this game."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "racket",
          "racket"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1802, William Hutton, The History of the Roman Wall, preface",
          "text": "You will also pardon the errors of the Work, for you know I was not bred to letters; but, that the battledore, at an age not exceeding six, was the last book I used at school.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A child's hornbook for learning the alphabet."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hornbook",
          "hornbook"
        ],
        [
          "alphabet",
          "alphabet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A child's hornbook for learning the alphabet."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1563, John Foxe, chapter 21, in The Book of Martyrs",
          "text": "There is a large basin near the fountain, where numbers of women may be seen every day, kneeling at the edge of the water, and beating the clothes with heavy pieces of wood in the shape of battledores.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 October 25, Matthew Taub, “Why England Once Forced Everyone to Be Buried in Wool”, in Atlas Obscura",
          "text": "The laundry process of the time [1665] consisted of boiling textiles with lye or soap and then beating them with a battledore, a rustic version of a cricket bat.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A wooden paddle-shaped bat or beetle used to wash clothes by beating, stirring, or smoothing them."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beetle",
          "beetle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A wooden paddle-shaped bat or beetle used to wash clothes by beating, stirring, or smoothing them."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "battledoor"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The racket used in this game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Federballschläger"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "midaqq",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مِدَقّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "midaqqa",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مِدَقَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mikbas",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مِكْبَس"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kuḏīn",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "كُذِين"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bayzar",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بَيْزَر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bayḏar",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "بَيْذَر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bayzāra",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "بَيْزَارَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "wabīl",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "word": "وَبِيل"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mikmada",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مِكْمَدَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "word": "lixiba-pala"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "golvazh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pala de rentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wasklopper"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "word": "kurikas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "word": "pyykkikarttu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "word": "pesukarttu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "word": "karttu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "battoir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bleuel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wäschebleuel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Waschbleuel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kópanos",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κόπανος"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mestola"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "şûnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tudes fullōnis"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "Neo-Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tudes fullōnum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "word": "kultuvė"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bleil"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Blëll"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "banketre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kodin",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "word": "کدین"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kodang",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "word": "کدنگ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kijanka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "valjók",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "валёк"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pala de lavar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "klappträ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "klappbräda"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prányk",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "word": "пра́ник"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prač",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "word": "прач"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "golchbren"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Bat or beetle for washing clothes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "golchffon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "battledore"
}

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