acciaccatura

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian acciaccatura, from the verb acciaccare (“to crush”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˌt͡ʃɑkəˈtʊɹə/

• Audio (US):

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˌt͡ʃækəˈtjʊəɹə/
• Rhymes: -ʊəɹə
• Hyphenation: ac‧ciac‧ca‧tu‧ra

Noun

acciaccatura (plural acciaccaturas or acciaccature)

1. (music) A short grace note (theoretically taking no time at all), occurring on the beat occupied by the main note to which it is prefixed, one scale-step higher or lower than that main note. (Sometimes equivalent, therefore, to a short appoggiatura, but in Baroque music interpreted differently and more strictly.) Written as a note lighter in appearance, typically a quaver (eighth note), with an oblique stroke through the stem.

Translations

short grace note occurring on the beat occupied by the main note

• French: acciaccatura (fr) f
• Italian: acciaccatura (it) f
• Portuguese: acciaccatura f

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

acciaccatura f (plural acciaccaturas)

1. acciaccatura

Further reading

• “acciaccatura”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian acciaccatura.

Noun

acciaccatura f (plural acciaccaturas)

1. (music) acciaccatura (short grace note occurring on the beat occupied by the main note)