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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesbattement
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ba-te-ment
"Le battement des ailes de l'oiseau était audible."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A quick, light movement or motion, often involving a flexible object.
"The bird made a flap of its wings before taking off."
- 1
To move or cause to move with a quick, light motion.
"She flapped her arms to mimic a bird."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English flappen, an imitative word of Germanic origin (compare with Middle Dutch vlappen and German dial. labblat in sense of loose hanging things). It evolved to describe the movement or structure of something broad, flat, and loose that is hinged or attached by only one side.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Flap" is said worldwide
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battement
Transliteration: ba-te-ment
"Le battement des ailes de l'oiseau était audible."
Schlag
Transliteration: shlag
"Der Schlag der Flügel war laut."
battito
Transliteration: bat-ti-to
"Il battito delle ali era forte."
batir
Transliteration: ba-tir
"El batir de las alas se escuchó claramente."
bater
Transliteration: ba-ter
"O bater das asas era audível."
फड़फड़ाना
Transliteration: phad-phadaana
"पक्षी के फड़फड़ाने की आवाज सुनाई दी।"
拍打
Transliteration: pāi dǎ
"鸟的拍打声清晰可闻。"
펄럭임
Transliteration: peolleogim
"새의 펄럭임 소리가 들렸다."
羽ばたき
Transliteration: habataki
"鳥の羽ばたきの音が聞こえた。"
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