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Italian
Etymology
From battere (“to beat”) + -ito (to nominalise/nominalize the verb).
This construction is modelled on gemito and fremito, which are nouns indirectly derived from Latin verbs. Similarly, tremito was constructed this way (from tremare).
Pronunciation
Noun
battito m (plural battiti)
- beat, beating, throb
- (music, somewhat rare) baton
- Synonym: bacchetta
Derived terms
References
- ^ Il Devoto–Oli (Dizionario italiano da un affiliato di Oxford University Press).
Latin
Pronunciation
Verb
battitō
- second/third-person singular future active imperative of battō