toccata

English

Etymology

From Italian toccata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təˈkɑːtə/

Noun

toccata (plural toccatas or toccate)

1. (music) A piece of music (usually for a keyboard instrument) designed to emphasise the dexterity of the performer.

Related terms

• toccatella
• toccatina

Translations

musical piece

• Catalan: tocata f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 觸技曲 (zh), 触技曲 (zh) (chùjìqǔ), 托卡塔 (zh) (tuōkǎtǎ)

• Czech: tokáta (cs) f
• Dutch: toccata (nl) f
• Esperanto: tokato
• French: toccata (fr) f
• German: Toccata f
• Icelandic: tokkata f
• Italian: toccata (it) f

• Japanese: トッカータ (tokkāta)
• Portuguese: tocata (pt) f
• Russian: токка́та (ru) f (tokkáta)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тока̀та f

  Roman: tokàta (sh) f

• Slovene: tokáta f
• Spanish: tocata f
• Swedish: toccata c

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Finnish

Noun

toccata

1. (music) toccata

Declension

Inflection of toccata (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
nominative		toccata	toccatat
genitive		toccatan	toccatoiden toccatoitten toccatojen
partitive		toccataa	toccatoita toccatoja
illative		toccataan	toccatoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		toccata	toccatat
accusative	nom.	toccata	toccatat
	gen.	toccatan
genitive		toccatan	toccatoiden toccatoitten toccatojen toccatainrare
partitive		toccataa	toccatoita toccatoja
inessive		toccatassa	toccatoissa
elative		toccatasta	toccatoista
illative		toccataan	toccatoihin
adessive		toccatalla	toccatoilla
ablative		toccatalta	toccatoilta
allative		toccatalle	toccatoille
essive		toccatana	toccatoina
translative		toccataksi	toccatoiksi
instructive		—	toccatoin
abessive		toccatatta	toccatoitta
comitative		—	toccatoineen

Possessive forms of toccata (type katiska)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	toccatani	toccatamme
2nd person	toccatasi	toccatanne
3rd person	toccatansa

Compounds

• pianotoccata
• urkutoccata

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tokˈka.ta/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: toc‧cà‧ta

Etymology 1

Participle

toccata f sg

1. feminine singular of toccato

Etymology 2

Noun

toccata f (plural toccate)

1. toccata

Anagrams

• accatto, accattò, attacco, attaccò, taccato