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martellato

/ˌmɑː(ɹ)təˈlɑːtəʊ/

martellato adjective: strongly accented, or hammered out; used of notes played on bowed string instruments, handbells, or the piano.

Adjective

martellato (not comparable)

  1. Strongly accented, or hammered out; used of notes played on bowed string instruments, handbells, or the piano.

Noun

martellato (plural martellatos)

  1. A passage played with a strong accent, or hammered out.

martellato meaning in Bengali

martellato in Bengali

প্রবলভাবে ঝোঁক দেওয়া, বা জোরালোভাবে আঘাত করা

Forms of martellato

pluralmartellatos

Origin of martellato

Borrowed from Italian martellato (“hammered”), from martellare (“to hammer, throb”), from martello (“hammer”), related to Latin martulus, marculus (“small hammer”), diminutive of marcus (“hammer”).

Questions about martellato

What does martellato mean?
Martellato means strongly accented, or hammered out; used of notes played on bowed string instruments, handbells, or the piano.
What is martellato in Bengali?
Martellato in Bengali is প্রবলভাবে ঝোঁক দেওয়া, বা জোরালোভাবে আঘাত করা. See Martellato meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is martellato?
Martellato can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce martellato?
Martellato is pronounced /ˌmɑː(ɹ)təˈlɑːtəʊ/.

Words near martellato in the dictionary

  1. marteline
  2. martelines
  3. Martell
  4. Martella
  5. Martellas
  6. martellato
  7. martellatos
  8. martelled
  9. Martelli
  10. Martelli's wildcat
  11. Martelli's wildcats

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Adapted from Wiktionary: martellato (page history and authors); martellato (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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