rubato
French, noun\ʁu.ba.to\
rubato is spelled R-U-B-A-T-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written French, the 202,924th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rubato is a French masculine noun meaning “rubato” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Indication musicale visant à accélérer ou ralentir l’exécution de notes afin d’atténuer à des fins…”.
What does rubato mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerubato
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Indication musicale visant à accélérer ou ralentir l’exécution de notes afin d’atténuer à des fins connotatives la marque de la mesure.
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 rubato
- rubatos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rubato?
- \ʁu.ba.to\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rubato in French?
rubato appears about once in every 41 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).