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Italian
Etymology
From battere + -toio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bat.tiˈto.jo/
- Rhymes: -ojo
- Hyphenation: bat‧ti‧tó‧io
Noun
battitoio m (plural battitoi)
- shutter (of a window)
- sash (of a window)
- leaf (panel of a double door)
- generic name for tools used for striking or hitting
- (typography) a wooden block used to level characters
- Synonyms: abbassatoio, abbassatore, battitoia, calcatoio
- (obsolete) a kind of battering ram
Further reading
- battitoio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana