batterie
See also: Batterie
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French batterie, from battre (“to hit”). Doublet of battery.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbætəɹi/ (or as French, below)
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ætəɹi
- Homophone: battery
- Hyphenation: bat‧te‧rie
Noun
batterie (plural batteries)
- (dance) A brilliant display of virtuosity in which the dancer's legs open and close rapidly while in the air, with the illusion of striking together and rebounding.
- (music) The percussion section of an orchestra or band, the battery; marching instruments in a drumline, as opposed to the pit.
Synonyms
- (display of virtuosity): battu
Derived terms
References
- “battery”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
French
Etymology
From Old French baterie, from batre (“to hit”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.tʁi/
Audio: (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) Audio (France (Somain)): (file)
Noun
batterie f (plural batteries)
- (military) battery
- (music) percussion, drum kit, battery/batterie
- battery (electricity storing device)
- (dance) batterie
- (agriculture) battery
Descendants
- → Catalan: bateria
- → Danish: batteri
- → Greenlandic: batteri
- → Dutch: batterij (see there for further descendants)
- → English: batterie
- → Galician: batería
- → German: Batterie
- → Polish: bateria
- → Portuguese: bateria
- → Romanian: baterie
- → Spanish: batería
- → Swedish: batteri
- → Persian: باطری (bâtri)
- → Turkish: bateri
Further reading
- “batterie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Italian
Noun
batterie f
- plural of batteria
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
Noun
batterie f (plural batteries)
- battery (ensemble of artillery)
Descendants
- → English: battery