piana

See also: píana, piàna, and pianą

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈænə/

Noun

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʲiənˠə/

Verb

piana

1. present subjunctive analytic of pian

Mutation

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpja.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: pià‧na

Adjective

piana

1. feminine singular of piano

Noun

piana f (plural piane)

1. plain

   Synonym: pianura

Derived terms

• piana salina

Anagrams

• panai, pania

Maori

Etymology

Borrowed from English piano.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pi.a.na/, [pi.ɐ.nɐ]

Noun

piana

1. piano

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpja.na/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: pia‧na

Noun

piana f (diminutive pianka)

1. foam, froth
2. (Kraków) beer

Declension

Declension of piana

	singular	plural
nominative	piana	piany
genitive	piany	pian
dative	pianie	pianom
accusative	pianę	piany
instrumental	pianą	pianami
locative	pianie	pianach
vocative	piano	piany

Derived terms

verbs

• bić pianę

Related terms

adjectives

• pianowy
• pienisty

verb

• pienić

Further reading

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