Batman

See also: batman

English

Etymology 1

Named after the nearby river Batman River. The name of the city and the province are derived from it. See Ottoman Turkish باطمان (Batman) for more information.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bætˈmɑːn/
• Hyphenation: Bat‧man

Proper noun

Batman

2. A province in the Black Sea region, in northern Turkey.
4. A district of Batman Province, Turkey.
6. A municipality, the capital city of Batman district and Batman Province, Turkey.

Translations

a city in Turkey

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴特曼 (Bātèmàn)

• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Êlih (ku) f

• Kyrgyz: Батман (Batman)
• Macedonian: Батман m (Batman)
• Ottoman Turkish: باطمان (Batman)
• Polish: Batman (pl) m
• Portuguese: Batman
• Russian: Батман (ru) (Batman)
• Turkish: Batman (tr)

Etymology 2

Cosplay of Batman

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbæt.mæn/
• Hyphenation: Bat‧man

Proper noun

Batman

1. A surname.

Etymology 3

From bat +‎ man; originally the Bat-Man. By surface analysis, Bat- +‎ man.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbæt.mæn/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Hyphenation: Bat‧man

Proper noun

Batman (plural Batmans or Batmen)

1. A fictional hero and the main protagonist of DC Comics, noted for his intellect and stealth, who uses a bat-themed costume and equipment (including a belt with an array of utilities) and is assisted by his sidekick Robin.

   Hyponyms: Batfleck, Battinson

   • 2015, Batman: Arkham Knight, spoken by Batman (Kevin Conroy), Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, via Rocksteady Studios:

     You’re afraid of being ashes. You’re afraid of being forgotten. And you will be forgotten, Joker. Because of me. I am vengeance! I am the night! I am Batman!

   • 2015, Sarah Cross, Tear You Apart, Carolrhoda Lab, →ISBN, page 68:

     “But next time—” Night vanished before the guard could finish—just kind of disappeared like Batman—which Viv found almost as annoying as the fact that he'd dragged her down a well. He didn't think he had to explain himself?

   • 2019, Sean Johnson, Strange Like Me, page 212:

     I watched through squinted eyes as the driver-side door opened and a man stepped out wielding a Maglite, his other hand placed on his Batman-like utility belt. What all did they keep in those things? Surely the pistol, a few clips, handcuffs […]

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Batman.

Derived terms

• Batman angle
• Batmanverse

Translations

fictional hero

• Arabic: بَاتْمَان m (bātmān)
• Bengali: ব্যাটম্যান (bêṭomman)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蝙蝠俠 / 蝙蝠侠 (zh) (Biānfúxiá)

• Dutch: Batman
• Esperanto: Vespertviro, Vespertulo
• Estonian: Nahkhiirmees
• Finnish: Lepakkomies
• French: Batman (fr)
• Georgian: ბეტმენი (beṭmeni)
• German: Batman
• Greek: Μπάτμαν (el) (Bátman), Άνθρωπος Νυχτερίδα (Ánthropos Nychterída), Νυχτερίδας (el) (Nychterídas)
• Hebrew: באטמן m (betmen), איש העטלף m (ish ha'atalef)
• Hindi: बैटमैन m (baiṭmain)
• Hungarian: Batman (hu), Denevérember (rare)
• Icelandic: Leðurblökumaðurinn
• Irish: Fear na nIaltóg m
• Italian: Batman, uomo pipistrello
• Japanese: バットマン (Battoman)
• Korean: 배트맨 (Baeteumaen)
• Latvian: Betmens
• Macedonian: Бе́тмен m (Bétmen)
• Marathi: बॅट्मॅन m (bĕṭmĕn)
• Polish: Batman (pl) m
• Portuguese: Batman m, Homem-Morcego m (rare)
• Romanian: Batman
• Russian: Бэ́тмен (Bɛ́tmen)
• Spanish: Batman
• Swedish: Batman, Läderlappen (dated)
• Tagalog: Batman
• Thai: แบทแมน (baetmaen)
• Turkish: Yarasa Adam
• Vietnamese: Người Dơi
• Welsh: Ystlumddyn m

Interjection

Batman

1. An intensifier for interjections created with the adjective holy, in imitation of dialogue between Batman and his sidekick Robin.

   Holy guacamole, Batman!

   • 2024 July 1, Elizabeth Logan, “Aly & AJ in the New Limited Too Collection Has Me Checking What Year It Is”, in Glamour‎^[1]:

     Holy nostalgic flashback, Batman! Aly and AJ Michalka, the actor-musician sister duo known for dominating Radio Disney in the late aughts (they’ve also released some very good music since then), just sent us straight back to our tweens by wearing none other than iconic mall brand Limited Too.

Verb

Batman (third-person singular simple present Batmans, present participle Batmanning, simple past and past participle Batmanned)

1. (slang, climbing) Alternative letter-case form of batman.
   • 2014, Ken Wylie, Buried, →ISBN, page 140:

     He laughed, Batmanned back up to his last piece of gear and hammered a 5/8-inch angle piton into the crack with an ascending ring like any nail met with a hammer.

See also

• Superman

Further reading

• Batman (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Bantam, bantam

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Batman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bat.man/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Proper noun

Batman m

1. Batman (superhero)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• Batmane

Proper noun

Batman ?

1. Batman (a province in the Black Sea region, in northern Turkey)
2. Batman (a district of Batman Province, Turkey)
3. Batman (a municipality, the capital city of Batman district and Batman Province, Turkey)

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from English Batman. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Alternative forms

• Bátima (Brazil, eye dialect)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.t͡ʃi.mɐ̃/, /ˈbat͡ʃ.mɐ̃/, (careful pronunciation) /ˈbat.mɐ̃/, (humorous) /ˈba.t͡ʃi.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.t͡ʃi.mɐ̃/, /ˈbat͡ʃ.mɐ̃/, (careful pronunciation) /ˈbat.mɐ̃/, (humorous) /ˈba.t͡ʃi.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbat͡ʃ.mɐ̃/, /ˈba.t͡ʃi.mɐ̃/, (careful pronunciation) /ˈbat.mɐ̃/, (humorous) /ˈba.t͡ʃi.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.tmɛn/

Proper noun

Batman m

1. Batman (superhero)

   Synonym: Homem-Morcego

Derived terms

• mais louco que o Batman
• só a capa do Batman

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Batman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbadman/ [ˈbað̞.mãn]
• Rhymes: -adman
• Syllabification: Bat‧man

Proper noun

Batman m

1. Batman (superhero)

Swedish

Proper noun

Batman c (genitive Batmans)

1. Batman (superhero)

   Synonym: (dated) Läderlappen

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish باطمان (Batman).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑt.mɑn/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Bat‧man

Proper noun

Batman

1. Batman (a province in the Black Sea region, in northern Turkey)
2. Batman (a district of Batman Province, Turkey)
3. Batman (a municipality, the capital city of Batman district and Batman Province, Turkey)

Declension

Declension of Batman

	singular	plural
nominative	Batman	Batmanlar
accusative	Batman'ı	Batmanları
dative	Batman'a	Batmanlara
locative	Batman'da	Batmanlarda
ablative	Batman'dan	Batmanlardan
genitive	Batman'ın	Batmanların

Possessive forms of Batman

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Batman'ım	Batmanlarım Batman'larım
senin (your)	Batman'ın	Batmanların Batman'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Batman'ı	Batmanları Batman'ları
bizim (our)	Batman'ımız	Batmanlarımız Batman'larımız
sizin (your)	Batman'ınız	Batmanlarınız Batman'larınız
onların (their)	Batman'ı Batmanları Batman'ları	Batmanları Batman'ları

Derived terms

• Batmanlı

See also

provinces of Turkeyedit

• Adana
• Adıyaman
• Afyonkarahisar
• Ağrı
• Aksaray
• Amasya
• Ankara
• Antalya
• Ardahan
• Artvin
• Aydın
• Balıkesir
• Bartın
• Batman
• Bayburt
• Bilecik
• Bingöl
• Bitlis
• Bolu
• Burdur
• Bursa
• Çanakkale
• Çankırı
• Çorum
• Denizli
• Diyarbakır
• Düzce
• Edirne
• Elâzığ
• Erzincan
• Erzurum
• Eskişehir
• Gaziantep
• Giresun
• Gümüşhane
• Hakkâri
• Hatay
• Iğdır
• Isparta
• İstanbul
• İzmir
• Kahramanmaraş
• Karabük
• Karaman
• Kars
• Kastamonu
• Kayseri
• Kırıkkale
• Kırklareli
• Kırşehir
• Kilis
• Kocaeli
• Konya
• Kütahya
• Malatya
• Manisa
• Mardin
• Mersin
• Muğla
• Muş
• Nevşehir
• Niğde
• Ordu
• Osmaniye
• Rize
• Sakarya
• Samsun
• Siirt
• Sinop
• Sivas
• Şanlıurfa
• Şırnak
• Tekirdağ
• Tokat
• Trabzon
• Tunceli
• Uşak
• Van
• Yalova
• Yozgat
• Zonguldak