battito

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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).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbat.ti.to/
  • Rhymes: -attito
  • Hyphenation: bàt‧ti‧to

Noun

battito m (plural battiti)

  1. beat, beating, throb
  2. (music, somewhat rare) baton
    Synonym: bacchetta

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Il Devoto–Oli (Dizionario italiano da un affiliato di Oxford University Press).

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

battitō

  1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of battō