spiccato

Borrowed from Italian spiccato, past participle of spiccare (“to detach, to separate”).

spiccato (comparative more spiccato, superlative most spiccato)

1. (music) Detached; separated; with every note performed in a distinct and pointed manner.

spiccato (comparative more spiccato, superlative most spiccato)

1. (music) Played in that style.

spiccato (plural spiccatos)

1. (music) A manner of playing a stringed instrument such that the bow is bounced off the strings after each note.
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From Italian spiccato.

• IPA^(key): /ˈspikːɑ(ː)t(ː)o/,
• Rhymes: -ikːɑto

spiccato

1. (music) spiccato (manner of playing a stringed instrument)
2. (music) A piece or section of music played that way.

• “spiccato”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

From spiccare.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /spikˈka.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: spic‧cà‧to

spiccato (feminine spiccata, masculine plural spiccati, feminine plural spiccate)

1. strong, marked, broad, remarkable, distinct

• spiccatamente

spiccato (feminine spiccata, masculine plural spiccati, feminine plural spiccate)

1. past participle of spiccare

• postacci

Unadapted borrowing from Italian spiccato.

spiccato

1. spiccato