sostenuto
French, noun\sɔs.te.nu.tɔ\
sostenuto is spelled S-O-S-T-E-N-U-T-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written French, the 261,491st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sostenuto is a French masculine noun meaning “sostenuto” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Notes, passage musical joués de cette façon”.
What does sostenuto mean in English?
adverb
- 1
sostenuto
noun
- 1
masculinesostenuto
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. De façon soutenue, par rapport à la sonorité normale.
noun: 1. Notes, passage musical joués de cette façon.
adverb: 1. Variante orthographique de sostenuto.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de sostenuto.
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 sostenuto
- sostenutos plural
- sosténuto
- sosténutos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sostenuto?
- \sɔs.te.nu.tɔ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sostenuto in French?
sostenuto appears about once in every 69 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).