different between staccato vs marcato

English

Etymology

Borrowed 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 *stakka (“stake”), from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz, *stakk?n (“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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st??k??to?/
• Rhymes: -??t??

Noun

staccato (plural staccatos or staccati)

1. (music) 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. (music) A passage having this mark.
3. (figuratively) Any sound resembling a musical staccato.

Translations

Adverb

staccato (comparative more staccato, superlative most staccato)

1. (music) played in this style

   Now, play the same passage very staccato.

Adjective

staccato (comparative more staccato, superlative most staccato)

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

Antonyms

• (music): legato

Anagrams

• stoccata, toccatas

Italian

Etymology

From staccare (“to detach, separate”).

Verb

staccato m (feminine singular staccata, masculine plural staccati, feminine plural staccate)

1. past participle of staccare
2. past participle of staccarsi

Adjective

staccato (feminine staccata, masculine plural staccati, feminine plural staccate)

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

Noun

staccato m (plural staccati)

1. staccato

Anagrams

• stoccata

Polish

Etymology

From Italian staccato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stak?ka.t?/

Noun

staccato n

1. (music) staccato (style of playing short sharp notes)

Declension

Further reading

• staccato in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• staccato in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian marcato, past participle of marcare (“to stress”).

Adverb

marcato (not comparable)

1. (music) stressed; pronounced.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar?ka.to/

Verb

marcato m (feminine singular marcata, masculine plural marcati, feminine plural marcate)

1. past participle of marcare

Adjective

marcato (feminine marcata, masculine plural marcati, feminine plural marcate)

1. stressed, pronounced
2. (music) marked, accented

Anagrams

• cartamo, catramo, catramò, cromata, tracoma