a battuta

English

Etymology

Italian battuta

Adjective

a battuta (not comparable)

1. (music) With the beat. A direction to resume strict time after the free declamation of a singer; chiefly used in recitatives. It is equivalent to a tempo.

Translations

with the beat of the music

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: a battuta

References

• Century Dictionary, volume 1, 1889, page 6

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian a battuta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈbatːʉta/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ʉta
• Hyphenation: a‧bat‧tu‧ta

Adverb

a battuta

1. (music) a battuta (with the beat, a direction to resume strict time after the free declamation of a singer; chiefly used in recitatives.)

Synonyms

• a tempo (“in time”)

Antonyms

• ad libitum (“ad libitum”)

References

• “a_battuta” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “a battuta” in Store norske leksikon