🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

trotto

Pronunciation / Transliteration: trotto

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Trotting/ˈtrɒt.ɪŋ/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il cavallo sta trottando nel campo."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A gait of a horse or other animal in which it moves at a moderate pace, with two legs moving together in diagonal pairs.

    "The horse was trotting gracefully around the arena."
  2. 2

    A form of running or jogging at a steady pace.

    "She enjoys trotting through the park every morning."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'trotting' originates from the Middle English term 'trot', which is derived from the Old French 'trotter', meaning to run or move briskly. The term has evolved over centuries to describe a specific gait of horses, characterized by a two-beat diagonal movement.

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