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==English==
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===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|it|staccato||detached, disconnected}}, past participle of {{m|it|staccare||to detach, separate}}, aphetic variant of {{m|it|distaccare||to separate, detach}}, from {{der|en|frm|destacher||to detach}}, from {{der|en|fro|destachier||to detach}}, from {{prefix|fro|des|atachier|t2=to attach|nocat=1}}, alteration of {{m|fro|estachier||to fasten with or to a stake, lay claim to}}, from {{m|fro|estache||a stake}}, from Low {{der|en|frk|*stakkā||stake}}, from {{der|en|gem-pro|*stakkaz}}, {{m|gem-pro|*stakô||stick, stake}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)teg-||stick, stake}}. Akin to {{cog|goh|stecko||post}} ({{cog|de|Stecken||stick}}), {{cog|osx|stekko||stake}}, {{cog|non|stakkr||hay stack, heap}}, {{cog|ang|staca||stake}}. More at {{l|en|stake}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/stəˈkɑːtoʊ/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-staccato.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-staccato.wav|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɑːtəʊ|s=2}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|s|staccati}}

# {{lb|en|music}} An [[articulation]] marking directing that a note or passage of notes are to be played in an abruptly disconnected manner, with each note sounding for a very short duration, and a short break lasting until the sounding of the next note; as opposed to [[legato]]. Staccato is indicated by a dot directly above or below the notehead.
# {{lb|en|music}} A passage having this mark.
# {{lb|en|figurative}} Any sound resembling a musical staccato.
#: {{ux|en|According to the syllable-timed hypothesis, Spanish syllables as '''staccato.'''}}
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1898|author=w:H.G. Wells|title=w:The War of the Worlds|publisher=William Heinemann|location=London|page=160|passage=The tumultuous noise resolved itself now into the disorderly mingling of many voices, the gride of many wheels, the creaking of waggons, and the '''staccato''' of hoofs.}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|a style of playing short sharp notes}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|斷奏|tr=duànzòu}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|staccato}}, {{t|fi|[[terävä]] [[soitto]]}} {{qualifier|adverb: terävästi}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|στακάτο|n}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|patō}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|staccato|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|стакка́то|n}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Adverb===
{{en-adv}}

# {{lb|en|music}} played in this style
#: ''Now, play the same passage very '''staccato'''''.

===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}

# {{lb|en|music}} Describing a passage having this mark.
# Made up of abruptly disconnected parts or sounds.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1891|author=w:Oscar Wilde|title=The Picture of Dorian Gray|passage=The same nervous '''staccato''' laugh broke from her thin lips, and her fingers began to play with a long tortoise-shell paper-knife.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1960|month=October|author=P. Ransome-Wallis|title=Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part Two|journal=Trains Illustrated|page=613|text=The water-level route, the whistle and the loud '''staccato''' exhaust of this great engine recalled most vividly memories of the New York Central Hudsons highballing along the Hudson River between Harmon and Albany!}}

====Antonyms====
* {{antsense|music}} {{l|en|legato}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aaccostt|stoccata|toccatas}}

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-staccato.wav}}

===Adverb===
{{fr-adv}}

# {{l|en|staccato}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|staccato}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

==Italian==

===Etymology===
From {{m|it|staccare||to detach, separate}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr}}

===Participle===
{{it-pp}}

# {{past participle of|it|staccare}}

===Adjective===
{{it-adj|sup=staccatissimo}}

# [[disjointed]], [[disunited]], [[separate]]
# [[loose]] (pages in a book)
# {{lb|it|sports}} [[outdistanced]]

===Noun===
{{it-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|staccato}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|it|a=aaccostt|stoccata}}

==Polish==
{{wp|lang=pl}}

===Etymology===
{{ubor|pl|it|staccato}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|stakkato|a=LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-staccato.wav|h=stac.ca.to}}

===Noun===
{{pl-noun|n|indecl=1|adj=staccatowy}}

# {{lb|pl|music}} {{l|en|staccato}} {{gl|articulation marking directing that a note or passage of notes are to be played in an abruptly disconnected manner, with each note sounding for a very short duration, and a short break lasting until the sounding of the next note}}
#: {{ant|pl|legato}}
# {{lb|pl|figurative|literary}} {{l|en|staccato}} {{gl|any sound resembling a musical staccato}}

====Declension====
{{pl-decl-noun-n}}

or

Indeclinable

===Adjective===
{{pl-adj|-|adv=-}}

# {{lb|pl|music}} {{l|en|staccato}} {{gl|describing a passage having this mark}}
#: {{ant|pl|legato}}

===Adverb===
{{pl-adv|-}}

# {{lb|pl|music}} {{l|en|staccato}} {{gl|played in this style}}
#: {{ant|pl|legato}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:WSJP|staccato I|57970}}
* {{R:pl:WSJP|staccato II|87485}}
* {{R:pl:WSJP|staccato III|87505}}
* {{R:pl:PWN}}
* {{R:pl:PWN Encyclopedia}}

{{cln|pl|manner adverbs}}

==Portuguese==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|pt|it|staccato}}.<ref>{{R:pt:Infopédia}}</ref><ref>{{R:pt:Priberam}}</ref>

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA|pt=stàcátò}}

===Noun===
{{pt-noun|m|staccati}}

# {{lb|pt|music}} {{l|en|staccato}} {{gloss|a style of playing short sharp notes}}

===References===
<references/>

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|ro|it|staccato}}.

===Adverb===
{{head|ro|adverb}}

# {{l|en|staccato}}

==Swedish==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|sv|stackato}}

===Adverb===
{{sv-adv|-}}

# {{lb|sv|music}} {{l|en|staccato}}

===Noun===
{{sv-noun|n}}

# {{lb|sv|music}} {{l|en|staccato}} (with a clear break between each tone)
# {{lb|sv|music}} {{l|en|staccato}} (staccato passage)
# {{lb|sv|figuratively}} {{l|en|staccato}} (of for example a way of speaking)

====Declension====
{{sv-infl-noun-n-n}}

===Antonyms===
* {{l|sv|legato}}

===References===
* {{R:svenska.se|so}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saol|stackato}}
* {{R:svenska.se|saob|stackato}}