battuta

[ buh-too-tuh; Italian baht-too-tah ]

noun

, Music.

, plural bat·tu·tas, bat·tu·te [b, uh, -, too, -tey, baht-, too, -te].

1. a beat.
2. a measure.

Word History and Origins

Origin of battuta¹

1810–20; < Italian, feminine past participle of battere to beat < Latin battuere

Example Sentences

These items are recorded by a Moorish traveler, John Battuta, who visited the spot six hundred years ago.

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