saetta

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine, literary) arrow
2. (feminine, figuratively, literary, poetic) arrow
3. (feminine, obsolete) hand (of a clock)
4. (feminine, uncommon) lancet (surgical tool)
5. (feminine) a pointed iron tool
6. (feminine) a pyramid-shaped drill bit
7. (feminine) sagitta (distance from a point in a curve to the chord)
8. (feminine) a strut of a truss
9. (feminine, figuratively) thunderbolt, lightning
10. (archaic, feminine, figuratively) thunderbolt, lightning
11. (feminine) arrowhead (the plant Sagittaria sagittifolia)

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of saettare:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of saettare:

Concepts

lightning

thunderbolt

arrow

bolt

forked lightning

spear

sting

flash

thunderstorm

bolt of lightning

prick

Synonyms

fulmine

folgore

lampo

freccia

dardo

🎯

pungiglione

temporale

⌚

tuono

🌩️

arco

🙇

Translations

relâmpago

rayo

Blitz

éclair

foudre

fulmen

raio

bliksem

αστραπή

relámpago

llampec

Donnerkeil

fulgur

Hyphenated as

sa‧ét‧ta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/saˈet.ta/

Etymology

From Latin sagitta (“arrow”).