"toccata" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /təˈkɑːtə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-toccata.wav Forms: toccatas [plural], toccate [plural]
Etymology: From Italian toccata. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|toccata}} Italian toccata Head templates: {{en-noun|s|toccate}} toccata (plural toccatas or toccate)
  1. (music) A piece of music (usually for a keyboard instrument) designed to emphasise the dexterity of the performer. Wikipedia link: toccata Categories (topical): Music Related terms: toccatella, toccatina Translations (musical piece): tocata [feminine] (Catalan), 觸技曲 (Chinese Mandarin), 触技曲 (chùjìqǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 托卡塔 (tuōkǎtǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), tokáta [feminine] (Czech), toccata [feminine] (Dutch), tokato (Esperanto), toccata (Finnish), toccata [feminine] (French), Toccata [feminine] (German), tokkata [feminine] (Icelandic), toccata [feminine] (Italian), トッカータ (tokkāta) (Japanese), toccata [feminine] (Polish), tocata [feminine] (Portuguese), токка́та (tokkáta) [feminine] (Russian), тока̀та [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tokàta [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tokáta [feminine] (Slovene), tocata [feminine] (Spanish), toccata [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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