rasante

rasante

English

Etymology

From French rasant, present participle of raser (“to graze”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹəˈzɑnt/

Adjective

rasante (comparative more rasante, superlative most rasante)

1. (military, historical) Sweeping; grazing; applied to a style of fortification in which the command of the works over each other, and over the country, is kept very low, so that the shot may more effectually sweep or graze the ground before them[1]

References

1. 1863, Henry Lee Scott, Military Dictionary

rasante in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• Antares, Nateras, Retanas, anearst, anestra, atranes, santera

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French

Adjective

rasante

1. feminine singular of rasant

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German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

rasante

1. inflection of rasant:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

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Italian

Participle

rasante (plural rasanti)

1. present participle of rasare

Anagrams

• Antares, rasenta, stanare, stanerà

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Portuguese

Etymology

From rasar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈzɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [haˈzɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈzɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [haˈzɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈzɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [χaˈzɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈzɐ̃.te/ [haˈzɐ̃.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈzɐ̃.t(ɨ)/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɨ, -ɐ̃tʃi
• Hyphenation: ra‧san‧te

Adjective

rasante m or f (plural rasantes)

1. not above the aim
2. low-flying

Noun

rasante f (plural rasantes)

1. low-flying traject

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Spanish

Adjective

rasante (plural rasantes)

1. low-flying

Further reading

• “rasante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014