baratin

Catalan

Verb

baratin

1. inflection of baratar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

French

Etymology

From Old French barater +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ʁa.tɛ̃/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

baratin m (plural baratins)

1. small talk
   • 2006, Virginie Despentes, “Coucher avec l'ennemi”, in King Kong Théorie [King Kong Theory], Éditions Grasset, →ISBN, page 60:

     […] aux hommes qui pouvaient payer et désiraient demander clariement ce qu'ils cherchaient, sans passer par la case baratin pour l'obtenir.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. bullshit

   C'est du baratin.

   That's some bullshit.

Derived terms

• baratiner

Further reading

• “baratin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• abriant

Occitan

Etymology

From barat +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɾaˈti/

Noun

baratin m (plural baratins)

1. dirty trick
2. bullshit

Derived terms

• baratar