staccato
Describing a passage having this markDescribing a passage having this mark.
Meaning
2 sensesDescribing a passage having this mark.
Made up of abruptly disconnected parts or sounds.
(music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply
Origin
Borrowed from Italian staccato (“detached, disconnected”), past participle of staccare (“tBorrowed from Italian staccato (“detached, disconnected”), past participle of staccare (“to detach, separate”), aphetic variant of distaccare (“to separate, detach”), from Middle French destacher (“to detach”), from Old French destachier (“to detach”), from des- + atachier (“to attach”), alteration of estachier (“to fasten with or to a stake, lay claim to”), from estache (“a stake”), from Low Frankish *stakkā (“stake”), from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz, *stakô (“stick, stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“stick, stake”). Akin to Old High German stecko (“post”) (German Stecken (“stick”)), Old Saxon stekko (“stake”), Old Norse stakkr (“hay stack, heap”), Old English staca (“stake”). More at stake.
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Forms
more staccato, most staccato| Comparative | more staccato Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most staccato Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonyms- (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply:disconnected
Antonyms
1 antonymsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.