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battre

/batʁ/

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verb/batʁ/

to beat; to defeat; to beat up; to fight; to whisk or whip (eggs); to thresh

J'irai dans un bar ce soir. […] Je me battrai pour une place au comptoir.I'm going to a bar tonight. […] I will fight for a seat at the counter.

Inherited from Middle French battre, from Old French batre, from Latin battere, from earlier battuere.