rasante
English edit
Etymology edit
From French rasant, present participle of raser (“to graze”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
rasante (comparative more rasante, superlative most rasante)
- (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 edit
- ^ 1863, Henry Lee Scott, Military Dictionary
“rasante”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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French edit
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rasante
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Audio (file)
Adjective edit
rasante
- inflection of rasant:
Italian edit
Participle edit
rasante (plural rasanti)
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Portuguese edit
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Adjective edit
rasante m or f (plural rasantes)
Noun edit
rasante f (plural rasantes)
- low-flying traject
Spanish edit
Adjective edit
rasante m or f (masculine and feminine plural rasantes)
Further reading edit
- “rasante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014