staccato

Questions about staccato

What does staccato mean?

staccato means "(music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in staccato?

staccato has 3 syllables: stac-ca-to. The stress falls on "ca". In IPA it is /stəˈkɑˌtoʊ/.

What is another word for staccato?

Close synonyms include disconnected. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of staccato?

The recorded antonyms are legato, legato.

Is staccato a common word?

staccato is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with staccato?

24 words rhyme with staccato. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.