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piana

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See also: píana, piàna, and pianą

English

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Noun

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piana (plural pianas)

  1. (US, dialectal, dated) Pronunciation spelling of piano.
    • 1979, Dirck Van Sickle, Montana Gothic, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P:
      "When she heard you'd teach piana, she was eager as a wet hog in a rainstorm to get in here."
    • 2010 March 15, Larry Karp, The Ragtime Fool, Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN, page 128:
      "I spent many a good hour there, and oh, how them boys could play piana."
      Alan's heart raced. "So you must have seen Scott Joplin, and heard him play."
    • 2013 03, Carol S. Fowler, Blues in the Night: The First Chronicles of Bernie Butz, Strategic Book Publishing, →ISBN, page 97:
      "Say, man. Got your message. I'm sorry for not gettin' back wit ya, but, man, I was tryin' ta find a new piana player."

Irish

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Verb

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piana

  1. present subjunctive analytic of pian

Mutation

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Mutated forms of piana
radical lenition eclipsis
piana phiana bpiana

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Italian

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Adjective

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piana

  1. feminine singular of piano

Noun

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piana f (plural piane)

  1. plain
    Synonym: pianura

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ piana in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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Maori

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English piano.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /pi.a.na/, [pi.ɐ.nɐ]

Noun

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piana

  1. piano

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pěna. Doublet of pumeks.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpja.na/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: pia‧na

Noun

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piana f (diminutive pianka)

  1. foam, froth
  2. (Kraków) beer

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • piana in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • piana in Polish dictionaries at PWN