marcato

mar·ca·to

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [mahr-kah-toh; Italian mahr-kah-taw]
- /mɑrˈkɑ toʊ; Italian mɑrˈkɑ tɔ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [mahr-kah-toh; Italian mahr-kah-taw]
- /mɑrˈkɑ toʊ; Italian mɑrˈkɑ tɔ/

Definitions of marcato word

adjective marcato (of notes or chords in a musical score) strongly accented. 1
noun marcato (especially as a direction) played with emphasis. 1
adjective marcato (of notes) heavily accented 0
adverb marcato with each note heavily accented 0
adjective marcato with each note emphasized 0
adverb marcato (music) stressed; pronounced. 0

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Origin of marcato

First appearance:

before 1830

One of the 36% newest English words

1830-40; < Italian: marked

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Parts of speech for Marcato

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Marcato

marcato popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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