Piano

See also: piano, pianó, píanó, and pi-a-nô

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Piano.

Proper noun

Piano (plural Pianos)

1. A surname from Italian.

Derived terms

• Giuoco Piano

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Piano is the 30442^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 767 individuals. Piano is most common among White (72.1%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (22.16%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Piano”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• NAIOP

German

ein Piano

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian piano which was clipped from pianoforte, from Latin plānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈaːno/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Piano n (strong, genitive Pianos, plural Pianos)

1. (chiefly literary or exalted) piano (musical instrument)

   Synonym: Klavier

Usage notes

• Although Klavier is the commoner word in all contexts, it would not be unusual to say of a renowned pianist:

Er ist ein Meister am Piano. ― He’s a master of the piano. However, it would be likely to sound odd if the word were used in non-professional contexts, such as referring to a piano in one’s living-room or to one’s child’s piano lessons.

Declension

Declension of Piano [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Piano	die	Pianos
genitive	eines	des	Pianos	der	Pianos
dative	einem	dem	Piano	den	Pianos
accusative	ein	das	Piano	die	Pianos

Derived terms

• Pianist

Noun

Piano n (strong, genitive Pianos, plural Pianos or Piani)

1. (music) soft passage, piano passage

Declension

Declension of Piano [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Piano	die	Pianos, Piani
genitive	eines	des	Pianos	der	Pianos, Piani
dative	einem	dem	Piano	den	Pianos, Piani
accusative	ein	das	Piano	die	Pianos, Piani

Hunsrik

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese piano, from Italian pianoforte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰiˈaːno/, /pʰiˈano/, /piˈaːno/, /piˈano/
• Rhymes: -aːno, -ano
• Syllabification: Pi‧a‧no

Noun

Piano m (plural Pianos)

1. (music) piano

   Er spield Piano.

   He plays piano.

Italian

Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived in a plain, from piano (“plain, flatland”).

Proper noun

Piano m or f by sense

1. a surname

Anagrams

• opina, paion

Plautdietsch

Noun

Piano f (plural Pianos)

1. piano