noun🔗ShareBattementAn instance where one flaps."The tired bird gave one last, weak flapping of its wings before landing heavily on the branch. "L'oiseau fatigué donna un dernier et faible battement de ses ailes avant d'atterrir lourdement sur la branche.actionanimalbirdChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareFlapping, processus phonologique où /t/ et /d/ intervocaliques deviennent la consonne battue alvéolaire /ɾ/A phonological process found in many dialects of English, especially American English and Canadian English, by which intervocalic /t/ and /d/ surface as the alveolar flap /ɾ/ before an unstressed syllable, so that words such as "metal" and "medal" are pronounced similarly or identically."Linguistics students studied the flapping in the professor's pronunciation of "butter" and "budder." "Les étudiants en linguistique ont étudié le flapping dans la prononciation de « butter » et « budder » du professeur.phoneticslinguisticslanguagewordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareInstabilité, battementThe situation where a resource, a network destination, etc., is advertised as being available and then unavailable (or available by different routes) in rapid succession."The flapping of the school's internet connection made it impossible to finish the online test. "L'instabilité de la connexion Internet de l'école a rendu impossible de terminer le test en ligne.technologycomputinginternetsignalcommunicationtechnicalsystemfrequencyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareBattant, flottantThat flaps or flap"flapping sails"voiles battantesnatureactionsoundweatheranimalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
