1 The IPA has often been used as a basis for creating new writing systems for previously unwritten languages. 2  The IPA is used in some foreign language text books and phrase books to transcribe the sounds of languages which are written with non-latin alphabets.
Staccato is marked in music with a small black dot placed above or below a note (not to its side like a dotted note). See staccatissimo. Also Known As: 1  detache; dÃ©tachÃ© (Pique).  piquÃ© fr
1. a. shortened and detached when played or sung: staccato notes. b. characterized by performance in which the notes are abruptly disconnected: a staccato style of playing. Compare legato. 2. composed of or characterized by abruptly disconnected elements; disjointed: rapid-fire, staccato speech. 3. in a staccato manner.