a battuta

From Italian battuta.

a battuta (not comparable)

1. (music) With the beat. A direction to resume strict time after the free declamation of a singer; chiefly used in recitatives. It is equivalent to a tempo.

• Century Dictionary, volume 1, 1889, page 6

From Italian a battuta.

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈbatːʉta/

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• Rhymes: -ʉta
• Hyphenation: a‧bat‧tu‧ta

a battuta

1. (music) a battuta (with the beat, a direction to resume strict time after the free declamation of a singer; chiefly used in recitatives.)

• a tempo (“in time”)

• ad libitum (“ad libitum”)

• “a_battuta” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “a battuta” in Store norske leksikon