battant
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
battant (feminine battante, masculine plural battants, feminine plural battantes)
- beating
- une pluie battante ― a beating rain
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
battant m (plural battants)
- a leaf (of a door or a window)
- une porte à deux battants ― a set of double doors
- a leaf (of a foldable table or a counter)
- a stayer, a fighter, a go-getter (someone who shoots for success despite obstacles)
Derived terms edit
Participle edit
battant
Further reading edit
- “battant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbat.tant/, [ˈbät̪ːän̪t̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbat.tant/, [ˈbät̪ːän̪t̪]
Verb edit
battant