staccato
French, noun\sta.ka.to\
staccato is spelled S-T-A-C-C-A-T-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 123,735th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Staccato is a French masculine noun meaning “staccato” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Phrasé musical dans lequel les notes des motifs et des phrases musicales doivent être exécutées avec des…”.
What does staccato mean in English?
adverb
- 1
staccato
noun
- 1
masculinestaccato
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. De façon hachée, avec les notes détachées
noun: 1. Phrasé musical dans lequel les notes des motifs et des phrases musicales doivent être exécutées avec des suspensions entre elles. 2. Bruit saccadé rappelant un staccato. 3. Façon de parler saccadée rappelant un staccato.
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 staccato
- staccatos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce staccato?
- \sta.ka.to\
- [sta.ka.to]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is staccato in French?
staccato appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).