battant

French

Adjective

battant (feminine battante, masculine plural battants, feminine plural battantes)

1. beating

   une pluie battante - a beating rain

Noun

battant m (plural battants)

1. a leaf (of a door or a window)

   une porte à deux battants — a set of double doors

2. a leaf (of a foldable table or a counter)
3. a fighter, a go-getter (someone who shoots for success despite obstacles)

Derived terms

• porte à deux battants

Verb

battant

1. present participle of battre

Further reading

• “battant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.