battito
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)
- beat, beating, throb
- (music, somewhat rare) baton
- Synonym: bacchetta
Derived terms
- battito cardiaco = battito del cuore (“heartbeat”)
References
- Il Devoto–Oli (Dizionario italiano da un affiliato di Oxford University Press).