Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

batiste

/bəˈtiːst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables: batiste
IPA: /bəˈtiːst/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fine cloth made from cotton or linen; cambric.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A surname from French.

Example Sentences

"Smocking done in colors on fine white batiste, silk mull, or nainsook makes pretty guimpes and dresses for children and very smart blouses for women."
"Clad in a Persian-Renaissance gown and a widow's tiara of white batiste, Mrs Thoroughfare, in all the ferment of a Marriage-Christening, left her chamber on vapoury autumn day and descending a few stairs, and climbing a few others, knocked a trifle brusquely at her son's wife's door."
"He had started to stroke her, shivering, staring ahead, following with a blind man's hand the dip of her spine through the batiste."

Etymology

From French batiste, a form of Baptiste, of disputed origin (“according to Littré and Scheler from the alleged original maker, Baptiste of Cambray; according to others, from its use in wiping the heads of children after baptism” – OED).

Usage

Inflected Forms

batistes (plural)

Rhymes With

vista krista christa sandinista arista calista baptista crista altavista basista least east

Questions

How do you pronounce batiste?: The recorded pronunciation is /bəˈtiːst/.
What does batiste mean?: A fine cloth made from cotton or linen; cambric.
Where does batiste come from?: From French batiste, a form of Baptiste, of disputed origin (“according to Littré and Scheler from the alleged original maker, Baptiste of Cambray; according to others, from its use in wiping the heads of children after baptism” – OED).

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