battuta

English

Etymology

Italian battuta

Noun

battuta

(music) beat

Derived terms

a battuta (“return to a strict beat”)

Italian

Etymology

From battuto.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /batˈtu.ta/
Rhymes: -uta
Hyphenation: bat‧tù‧ta

Noun

battuta f (plural battute)

witty remark, joke
Synonyms: spiritosaggine, freddura, barzelletta, storiella, arguzia, facezia, scherzo, lepidezza, frizzo, lazzo
fare una battuta ― to crack a joke
battuta finale ― punchline
hit, blow
Synonyms: botta, colpo, colpita, percossa, picchiata, bastonatura, bastonata, pestaggio, pestata, tritata, schiacciata, legnata, randellata, manganellata
(by extension) mark left by a hit or a blow; bruise
Synonyms: segno, livido, contusione, ecchimosi
flap (of a bird wing)
stroke (movement of an oar through water)
splash of a river on the bank
point or line at which two window shutters meet
(music) bar
(theater) cue
(hunting) beat, beating
(figurative, by extension) organized police action to hunt down a criminal; patrolling; scouring
Synonyms: pattugliamento, perlustrazione, rastrellamento, ricognizione
(sports) service
Synonyms: rimessa, tiro, calcio
(sports, cricket, baseball) batting
Synonym: rilancio
(typing) character
Synonyms: carattere, lettera, spazio

Descendants

→ English: battuta
→ French: batoude
- → Russian: батут (batut), бату́д (batúd)
  - → Estonian: batuut
  - → Lithuanian: batutas
→ Norwegian Bokmål: battuta
→ Portuguese: batuta

Adjective

battuta

feminine singular of battuto

Anagrams

buttata

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian battuta (“remark, hit, blow, bar”), from battuto (“beaten, struck”), past participle of battere (“to beat, hit; strike”), from Late Latin battere (“to beat, hit”), a variant of Latin battuere (“to beat, hit”), present active infinitive of battuō (“I beat, hit”), from Gaulish, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to stab, dig”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbatːʉta/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ʉta
Hyphenation: bat‧tu‧ta

Adverb

battuta

Only used in a battuta (“a battuta”)