a battuta

English

Etymology

Italian battuta

Adjective

a battuta (not comparable)

(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 (file)
Rhymes: -ʉta
Hyphenation: a‧bat‧tu‧ta

Adverb

(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

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