What does battement in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word battement in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use battement in French.

The word battement in French means beating, beat, flutter, bat, spare time, free time, available time, clapping, applause, swing, swinging, beating, striking, battement, beat, blink of the eye, flutter of lashes, heartbeat, drum beat, day's leeway. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word battement

beating, beat

nom masculin (pulsation)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les battements du cœur alimentent les organes en sang.
Heartbeats circulate blood to the organs.

flutter, bat

nom masculin (mouvement alternatif)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
D'un battement de cils, elle approuve la réponse.
She approves the response with a flutter of her lashes.

spare time, free time, available time

nom masculin (temps disponible)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Entre mes deux réunions, j'ai une heure de battement. // Prévois au moins deux heures de battement entre tes deux avions pour ne pas les rater.
Allow at least two hours between your two flights to make sure you don't miss them.

clapping, applause

nom masculin (choc et bruit produit) (hands)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Des battements de mains saluent la fin du discours.
The end of the speech was met with applause.

swing, swinging

nom masculin (mouvement oscillant)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le battement du balancier de l'horloge emplissait la pièce de son lent tic-tac.
The swinging of the clock's pendulum filled the room with its slow tick-tock.

beating, striking

nom masculin (choc, heurt)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le battement du marteau sur le fer rythme le travail du forgeron.
The striking of the hammer on iron gives rhythm to the blacksmith's work.

battement

nom masculin (danse (mouvement de jambe) (Ballet)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les jeunes danseuses répètent leurs battements de jambes.
The young dancers are rehearsing their battements.

beat

nom masculin (interférence entre deux sons)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il est difficile de réaliser des battements justes à la guitare.
It's difficult to produce the right beats on a guitar.

blink of the eye, flutter of lashes

nom masculin (clignement rapide de paupière)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

heartbeat

nom masculin (contraction du cœur)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

drum beat

nom masculin (quelques notes au tambour) (percussion)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

day's leeway

nom masculin (jour de repos)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. I only have two days' leeway between my trip to Poland and my trip to the Philippines.

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