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battement

beat, beating

noun baht-MAHN Rare

Also means

flicker, flutter

Usage Note

Battement covers a heartbeat (battement de coeur), the beat of wings, and in ballet a leg movement where one foot beats against or passes the other. The plural battements is common in choreographic vocabulary. It derives from the verb battre (to beat).

Examples

"Elle sentait les battements de son coeur."

Natural Translation

She could feel her heartbeats.

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