Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

batavism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: batavism
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A word or idiom of the Dutch language (that has been borrowed by another language).

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Oldenburg, Meyer, and De Vries naturally wrote, as scholars, in Latin (De Vries not without a touch of Batavism), and Spinoza replied to them in the same language, writing carefully, and even indulging in purisms.(F. Pollock, Spinoza, his life and philosophy. London. Kegan Paul (1880), chapter Spinoza's correspondence, p. 45)"
"to polder (English verb)"
"Go your gang, a literal translation of Dutch ga uw gang which means "please go ahead"."
"Pay the meat is a Scotticism, and a Batavism as well. Pay for the meat is the English equivalent. ("Scotticisms and Batavisms". in: Taalstudie, vols. 3-4 (1882), p. 343)"

Etymology

Borrowed from French batavisme.https://www.lalanguefrancaise.com/dictionnaire/definition/batavisme

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: batavisme

Usage

Inflected Forms

Batavisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Dutchism

Questions

What does batavism mean?: A word or idiom of the Dutch language (that has been borrowed by another language).
Where does batavism come from?: It is traced to French.

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