staccato

Etymology
Borrowed from, past participle of , aphetic variant of , from , from , from , alteration of , from , from Low , from , , from. Akin to 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. More at.

Noun

 * 1)  An articulation marking directing that a note or passage of notes are to be played in an abruptly disconnected manner, with each note sounding for a very short duration, and a short break lasting until the sounding of the next note; as opposed to legato. Staccato is indicated by a dot directly above or below the notehead.
 * 2)  A passage having this mark.
 * 3)  Any sound resembling a musical staccato.
 * According to the syllable-timed hypothesis, Spanish syllables as staccato.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:, terävä soitto
 * Greek:
 * Maori: patō
 * Polish:
 * Russian:

Adverb

 * 1)  played in this style
 * Now, play the same passage very staccato.

Adjective

 * 1)  Describing a passage having this mark.
 * 2) Made up of abruptly disconnected parts or sounds.

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1) disjointed, disunited, separate
 * 2) loose (pages in a book)
 * 3)  outdistanced

Etymology
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Declension
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Indeclinable

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)   a style of playing short sharp notes

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)   (with a clear break between each tone)
 * 2)   (staccato passage)
 * 3)   (of for example a way of speaking)