piano
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Short form of pianoforte, from Italian piano (“‘soft’”) + forte (“‘strong’”). So named because older keyboard instruments, notably the harpsichord and the clavier, could not produce varied volumes.
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piano (plural pianos)
- (music) A keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings.
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Piano is now the usual term for the musical instrument. Pianoforte is old-fashioned.
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- pianoforte (dated)
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piano
- (music) Soft. Used as a dynamic directive in sheet music in its abbreviated form, {p.}, to indicate lowering the volume of the music. In the pianoforte this is done by pressing the instrument's keys more lightly.
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[edit] Albanian
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piano f. (indefinite plural pianot, definite singular pianoja)
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piano c. (plural piano's, diminutive pianootje, diminutive plural pianootjes)
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piano (plural pianoj, accusative singular pianon, accusative plural pianojn)
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piano
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Declension of piano (type valo)
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piano m. (plural pianos)
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piano m (f piana, m plural piani, f plural piane)
- plane
- plain, soft
- penultimate accented
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piano m. (plural piani)
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piano
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piano (katakana ピアノ)
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piano n. (definite singular pianoet; indefinite plural pianoer; definite plural pianoa/pianoene)
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piano
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piano m.
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- piano m.
- musical directive to play softly
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- IPA: /ˈpja̯.no/
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piano m. (plural pianos)
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