battant

• IPA^(key): /ba.tɑ̃/

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

1. beating

   une pluie battante ― a beating rain

• tambour battant

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 stayer, a fighter, a go-getter (someone who shoots for success despite obstacles)

• porte à deux battants

battant

1. present participle of battre

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbat.tant/, [ˈbät̪ːän̪t̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbat.tant/, [ˈbät̪ːän̪t̪]

battant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of battō