appoggiature
French, noun/a.pɔdʒ.ja.tyʁ/
appoggiature is spelled A-P-P-O-G-G-I-A-T-U-R-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written French, the 273,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Appoggiature is a French feminine noun meaning “appoggiatura” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ornement servant à préparer la note suivante sur laquelle on veut insister. Elle se représente sous la forme…”.
What does appoggiature mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineappoggiatura
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ornement servant à préparer la note suivante sur laquelle on veut insister. Elle se représente sous la forme d'une petite note liée à la note principale.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of appoggiature
- appoggiatures plural
- appogiature
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce appoggiature?
- /a.pɔdʒ.ja.tyʁ/
- /a.pɔ.ʒja.tyʁ/
- \a.pɔ.ʒja.tyʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to appoggiature
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is appoggiature in French?
appoggiature appears about once in every 76 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).