English-Danish translations for baton

• dirigentstok
• embedsstav
• knippel
• marskalstav
• politistav
• stafet
  Men det står ikke helt klart for os, hvor han vil løbe hen med denne stafet. But it is not totally clear to us where he wants to run with this baton.
  Men endvidere, hr. formand, håber jeg, at minister Fischbach's eksemplariske arbejdsmåde gives videre med en stafet til det følgende formandskab. Mr President, I hope Mr Fischbach's exemplary working method will be passed on as a baton to the next Presidency.
  Hvis ingen tager stafetten op, risikerer Haitis befolkning endnu en gang at stå alene, forladt og overladt til sin egen skæbne. If someone does not pick up the baton, then Haitians will once again risk finding themselves alone, abandoned to their own fate.
• stav
• taktstok

Definition of baton

• A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes
• The stick of a conductor in musical performances
• A short stout club used primarily by policemen; a truncheon
• An abatement in coats of arms to denote illegitimacy. (Also spelled batune, baston
• A short vertical lightweight post, not set into the ground, used to separate wires in a fence
• To strike with a baton

Examples

• the baton of a field marshal

Related words

• abaton
• hyperbaton
• batonnet
• Baton Rouge
• Baton Blue
• baton twirling
• marshal's baton
• conductor's baton
• conducting baton