pianiste

English

Etymology

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Italian pianobor.

French piano

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istabor.

French -iste

French pianistebor.

English pianiste

Borrowed from French pianiste (“pianist (male or female)”).

Noun

pianiste (plural pianistes)

1. A female pianist.
   • 1912, Mary Greer ConklinMix, Conversation: What to Say and How to Say It, page 96:

     I have never published any of my compositions because I feel that they cannot add anything to my reputation as a pianiste, of which I am—-

   • 2012, Debra Milligan, The Dawn:

     Not only did Carré state that she could covertly contact a pianiste, but this man had also managed to evade capture by the Germans!

   • 2017, Fiona Farrell, Decline and Fall on Savage Street, →ISBN, page 36:

     Margaret is in the drawing room, thumping the life from some unfortunate sonata. She is persistent, but she will never make a pianiste.

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Noun

pianiste f (plural pianisten or pianistes, diminutive pianistetje n, masculine pianist)

1. pianist (female)

French

Etymology

From piano +‎ -iste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pja.nist/

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Noun

pianiste m or f by sense (plural pianistes)

1. pianist

Further reading

• “pianiste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• piétinas

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pjaˈnis.te/
• Rhymes: -iste
• Hyphenation: pia‧nì‧ste

Noun

pianiste f pl

1. plural of pianista

Anagrams

• apneisti, espianti, sapienti

Norman

Etymology

piano (“piano”) +‎ -iste

Noun

pianiste m or f (plural pianistes)

1. (Jersey) pianist

Romanian

Noun

pianiste f pl

1. plural of pianistă