rasante

From French rasant, present participle of raser (“to graze”).

• IPA^(key): /ɹəˈzɑnt/

rasante (comparative more rasante, superlative most rasante)

1. (military, historical) Sweeping; grazing; applied to a style of fortification in which the command of the works over each other, and over the country, is kept very low, so that the shot may more effectually sweep or graze the ground before them^[1]

“rasante”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Antares, Nateras, Retanas, anearst, anestra, atranes, santera

rasante

1. feminine singular of rasant

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rasante

1. inflection of rasant:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

rasante m or f (plural rasanti)

1. present participle of rasare

• Antares, rasenta, stanare, stanerà

From rasar +‎ -ante.

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɨ, -ɐ̃tʃi
• Hyphenation: ra‧san‧te

rasante m or f (plural rasantes)

1. not above the aim
2. low-flying

rasante f (plural rasantes)

1. low-flying traject

rasante m or f (masculine and feminine plural rasantes)

1. low-flying

• “rasante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024