battente
Italian
editEtymology
editPresent participle of battere.
Pronunciation
editParticiple
editbattente (plural battenti)
Adjective
editbattente (plural battenti)
- heavy (of rain)
- (archaic) beating, palpitating (of a heart)
Derived terms
editNoun
editbattente m (plural battenti)
- shutter (of a window)
- sash (of a window)
- leaf (panel of a double door)
- aprire i battenti (figurative) ― to open (for business)
- chiudere i battenti (figurative) ― to shut up shop
- knocker (device used for knocking on a door)
- Synonyms: battaglio, bussatoio, picchiotto
- hammer (part of a clock)
- a bundle of paper sheets used to beat time
- Synonym: battito
- a part of a loom
- Synonyms: cassa, cassa battente
Further reading
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- Italian 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɛnte
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛnte/3 syllables
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian present participles
- Italian lemmas
- Italian adjectives
- Italian terms with archaic senses
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
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