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Italian
Etymology
Present participle of battere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /batˈtɛn.te/
- Rhymes: -ɛnte
- Hyphenation: bat‧tèn‧te
Participle
battente (plural battenti)
- present participle of battere
Adjective
battente (plural battenti)
- heavy (of rain)
- (archaic) beating, palpitating (of a heart)
Derived terms
Noun
battente 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
- battente1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- battente2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana