(staccato)

  • 31staccato — (sta kka to) adv. Terme de musique. Mot italien qui, sur les partitions, indique qu il faut attaquer brusquement la corde avec l archet, pour faire entendre chaque note détachée, en les tirant ou en les poussant toutes, et non en tirant et en… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 32staccato — stac|cat|o [stəˈka:təu US tou] adv [Date: 1700 1800; : Italian; Origin: separated ] if music is played staccato, the notes are cut short >staccato adj …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 33staccato —    (stah KAH toh) [Italian] In music, short and detached, cutting each note off before it has sounded for its indicated duration. Abruptly, with sharp emphasis, as in “the staccato sound of gunfire.”    Speaking before a packed lecture hall in… …

    Dictionary of foreign words and phrases

  • 34staccato — adverb when music is played staccato the notes are cut short and do not flow smoothly compare legato staccato adjective …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 35staccato — UK [stəˈkɑːtəʊ] / US [stəˈkɑtoʊ] adjective, adverb 1) music staccato notes are played or sung so that each note is clearly separate 2) with each word or sound clearly separate a staccato rhythm …

    English dictionary

  • 36staccato — (прерывистый стиль речи, стаккато | staccato) см. темп речи …

    Пятиязычный словарь лингвистических терминов

  • 37staccato — stac·ca·to (stə kahґto) [Ital. “detached”] delivered in a quick, jerky manner, with an interval between each two syllables. See also staccato speech, under speech …

    Medical dictionary

  • 38staccato — adj. Staccato is used with these nouns: ↑rhythm …

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  • 39staccato — Synonyms and related words: a cappella, abbandono, accidental, accrescendo, adagietto, adagio, affettuoso, agilmente, agitato, allegretto, allegro, amabile, amoroso, andante, andantino, appassionatamente, appassionato, arrhythmia, beat, beating,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 40staccato — [stə kα:təʊ] adverb & adjective Music with each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the others. noun (plural staccatos) 1》 Music a staccato passage or performance. 2》 a series of short, detached sounds or words. Origin Ital., lit.… …

    English new terms dictionary