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6-letter words (2 found)

GELATO,LEGATO,

5-letter words (3 found)

AGLET,GLOAT,TOGAE,

4-letter words (30 found)

ALOE,ALTO,EGAL,GALE,GAOL,GATE,GEAL,GEAT,GELT,GETA,GOAL,GOAT,GOEL,GOLE,LATE,LEAT,LOGE,LOTA,LOTE,OGLE,OLEA,TAEL,TALE,TEAL,TELA,TOEA,TOGA,TOGE,TOLA,TOLE,

3-letter words (35 found)

AGE,AGO,ALE,ALT,ATE,EAT,EGO,ELT,ETA,GAE,GAL,GAT,GEL,GEO,GET,GOA,GOE,GOT,LAG,LAT,LEA,LEG,LET,LOG,LOT,OAT,OLE,TAE,TAG,TAO,TEA,TEG,TEL,TOE,TOG,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AG,AL,AT,EA,EL,ET,GO,LA,LO,OE,TA,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 85 words from legato according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of legato

legato

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian legato, past participle of legare (“to tie up, tie together, to bind”), learned borrowing from Latin ligō (“tie, bind”). Doublet of ligate.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: lə-gäʹtō, IPA(key): /ləˈɡɑ.təʊ/
  • (US) enPR: lə-gäʹtō, IPA(key): /ləˈɡɑ.toʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːtəʊ
  • Hyphenation: le‧ga‧to

Adverb

legato (not comparable)

  1. (music) Smoothly, in a connected manner.
    Antonyms: portato, staccato

Related terms

  • legatissimo

Translations

Noun

legato (countable and uncountable, plural legatos)

  1. (music) A style of performance characterized by smoothly connected notes.
  2. (music) A passage that is played legato.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Goleta, gelato

Esperanto

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

legato (accusative singular legaton, plural legatoj, accusative plural legatojn)

  1. singular present nominal passive participle of legi

Etymology 2

From Latin legatus.

Noun

legato (accusative singular legaton, plural legatoj, accusative plural legatojn)

  1. (Catholicism) legate

Etymology 3

From Italian legato.

Noun

legato (uncountable, accusative legaton)

  1. (music) legato

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian legato.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lə.ɡa.to/

Noun

legato m (plural legatos)

  1. (music) legato

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leˈɡa.to/
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Hyphenation: le‧gà‧to

Etymology 1

From legare.

Adjective

legato (feminine legata, masculine plural legati, feminine plural legate, superlative legatissimo)

  1. awkward, stiff
  2. linked, connected, tied
  3. close, attached, involved

Participle

legato (feminine legata, masculine plural legati, feminine plural legate)

  1. past participle of legare
Further reading
  • legato1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

From Latin lēgātus.

Noun

legato m (plural legati)

  1. legate
  2. legacy, bequest, background
Derived terms
  • legato pontificio
  • prelegato
Further reading
  • legato2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

  • gelato, tegola, togale

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /leːˈɡaː.toː/, [ɫ̪eːˈɡäːt̪oː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /leˈɡa.to/, [leˈɡäːt̪o]

Noun

lēgātō m

  1. dative/ablative singular of lēgātus

Participle

lēgātō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of lēgātus

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian legato.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛˈɡa.tɔ/
  • Rhymes: -atɔ
  • Syllabification: le‧ga‧to

Noun

legato n (indeclinable, related adjective legatowy)

  1. (music) legato (style of performance characterized by smoothly connected notes)
    Antonym: staccato
  2. (figurative, literary) legato (any sound resembling a musical legato)

Declension

or

Indeclinable

Adjective

legato (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. (music) legato (describing a passage having this mark)
    Antonym: staccato

Adverb

legato (not comparable)

  1. (music) legato (played in this style)
    Antonym: staccato

Further reading

  • legato I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • legato II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • legato in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • legato in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian legato.

Adverb

legato

  1. legato

Swedish

Adverb

legato (not comparable)

  1. (music) legato

Noun

legato n

  1. (music) legato (in a connected manner)
  2. (music) legato (legato passage)

Declension

Antonyms

  • staccato

References

  • legato in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • legato in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • legato in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org