piano

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See also: Piano, pianó, piáno, and píanó

English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Short form of pianoforte, from Italian pianoforte, from piano (“soft”) + forte (“strong”). So named because it could produce a wide range of varied volumes note-by-note, in contrast to older keyboard instruments, notably the harpsichord.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /piˈænoʊ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /piˈænəʊ/
  • Audio (UK)
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Noun[edit]

piano (plural pianos or piani)

An upright piano
A grand piano
  1. (music) a keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings [from 1803]
    Synonym: pianoforte (dated)
    The piano in his house takes up a lot of space.
    She has been taking lessons for many years and now plays piano very well.
    He can play "Happy Birthday" on the piano.
    Most of the works by Frédéric Chopin are for the piano.
    Coordinate terms: cembalo, clavichord, fortepiano, harpsichord, organ, synthesizer, synth
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Adjective[edit]

piano (comparative more piano, superlative most piano)

  1. (music) soft, quiet
  2. in extended use; quiet, subdued
    • 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, page 160:
      ‘Tradecraft, Chris,’ Enderby put in, who liked his bit of jargon, and Martindale, still piano, shot him a glance of admiration.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Italian piano.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

Piano notation.

piano (not comparable)

  1. (music) softly, as a musical direction (abbreviated to p. in sheet music) [from 17th c.]
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Albanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

piano f (indefinite plural piano, definite singular pianoja, definite plural pianot)

  1. (music) piano

Azerbaijani[edit]

Other scripts
Cyrillic пиано
Roman piano
Perso-Arabic

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Italian piano.

Noun[edit]

piano (definite accusative pianonu, plural pianolar)

  1. (music) piano

Declension[edit]

Declension of piano
singular plural
nominative piano pianolar
definite accusative pianonu pianoları
dative pianoya pianolara
locative pianoda pianolarda
ablative pianodan pianolardan
definite genitive pianonun pianoların
Possessive forms of piano
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) pianom pianolarım
sənin (“your”) pianon pianoların
onun (“his/her/its”) pianosu pianoları
bizim (“our”) pianomuz pianolarımız
sizin (“your”) pianonuz pianolarınız
onların (“their”) pianosu or pianoları pianoları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) pianomu pianolarımı
sənin (“your”) pianonu pianolarını
onun (“his/her/its”) pianosunu pianolarını
bizim (“our”) pianomuzu pianolarımızı
sizin (“your”) pianonuzu pianolarınızı
onların (“their”) pianosunu or pianolarını pianolarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) pianoma pianolarıma
sənin (“your”) pianona pianolarına
onun (“his/her/its”) pianosuna pianolarına
bizim (“our”) pianomuza pianolarımıza
sizin (“your”) pianonuza pianolarınıza
onların (“their”) pianosuna or pianolarına pianolarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) pianomda pianolarımda
sənin (“your”) pianonda pianolarında
onun (“his/her/its”) pianosunda pianolarında
bizim (“our”) pianomuzda pianolarımızda
sizin (“your”) pianonuzda pianolarınızda
onların (“their”) pianosunda or pianolarında pianolarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) pianomdan pianolarımdan
sənin (“your”) pianondan pianolarından
onun (“his/her/its”) pianosundan pianolarından
bizim (“our”) pianomuzdan pianolarımızdan
sizin (“your”) pianonuzdan pianolarınızdan
onların (“their”) pianosundan or pianolarından pianolarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) pianomun pianolarımın
sənin (“your”) pianonun pianolarının
onun (“his/her/its”) pianosunun pianolarının
bizim (“our”) pianomuzun pianolarımızın
sizin (“your”) pianonuzun pianolarınızın
onların (“their”) pianosunun or pianolarının pianolarının

Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

piano m (plural pianos)

  1. (music) piano

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French piano, from Italian piano, shortening of pianoforte.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

piano f or n (plural piano's, diminutive pianootje n)

  1. (music) piano
    Synonym: pianoforte

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Esperanto[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

piano (accusative singular pianon, plural pianoj, accusative plural pianojn)

  1. (music) piano

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Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Italian piano.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpiɑno/, [ˈpiɑno̞]
  • Rhymes: -iɑno
  • Syllabification: pi‧a‧no

Noun[edit]

piano

  1. (music) piano

Declension[edit]

Inflection of piano (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative piano pianot
genitive pianon pianojen
partitive pianoa pianoja
illative pianoon pianoihin
singular plural
nominative piano pianot
accusative nom. piano pianot
gen. pianon
genitive pianon pianojen
partitive pianoa pianoja
inessive pianossa pianoissa
elative pianosta pianoista
illative pianoon pianoihin
adessive pianolla pianoilla
ablative pianolta pianoilta
allative pianolle pianoille
essive pianona pianoina
translative pianoksi pianoiksi
instructive — pianoin
abessive pianotta pianoitta
comitative — pianoineen
Possessive forms of piano (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person pianoni pianomme
2nd person pianosi pianonne
3rd person pianonsa

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Compounds[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Italian piano. Doublet of plain and plan.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

piano m (plural pianos)

  1. (music) piano
    • 1986, “Il était une fois … une maison des musiciens [There Once Was… a House of Musicians]”, in Il était une fois … une petite grenouille [There Once Was… a Little Frog] (fiction), Paris: CLE International:
      Je n’aime pas le piano. Je préfère le football.
      Hein ! Quoi ! Et tu me dis ça à moi, le grand professeur Trompette ? Tiens ! Répète ta leçon cinq fois ! Non, dix fois !
      Je déteste le piano !
      I don’t like the piano. I like football more.
      Huh? What? And you’re telling that to me, the great professor Trumpet? Alright then! Repeat what you’ve learned five times! No, ten times!
      I hate the piano!

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin plānus, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

piano (feminine singular piana, masculine plural piani, feminine plural piane)

  1. plane
  2. flat, level
    Synonym: piatto
  3. plain
  4. soft
    Antonym: forte
  5. penultimate accented

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Noun[edit]

piano m (plural piani)

  1. plane
  2. floor, storey (British), story (US) (of a building)
  3. plan, tactic, stratagem, scheme, plot
  4. (music) piano, as short for pianoforte

Synonyms[edit]

Adverb[edit]

piano (superlative pianissimo)

  1. slowly
  2. carefully
  3. (music) piano

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Further reading[edit]

  • piano1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • piano2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • piano3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

piano

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ピアノ

Marshallese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English piano, short form of pianoforte, from Italian pianoforte, from piano (“soft”) + forte (“strong”). The Italian word piano is from Latin plānus, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [pʲiɑːnʲɔ], (enunciated) [pʲiɑ nʲɔ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /pʲijæɰnʲɛw/
  • Bender phonemes: {piyahnew}

Noun[edit]

piano (construct form pianoin)

  1. a piano

Verb[edit]

piano (person noun ri-piano)

  1. to play the piano

References[edit]

Norman[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English piano and French piano.

Noun[edit]

piano m (plural pianos)

  1. (Jersey, music) piano

Derived terms[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun[edit]

piano n (definite singular pianoet, indefinite plural piano or pianoer, definite plural pianoa or pianoene)

  1. (music) piano

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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piano n (definite singular pianoet, indefinite plural piano, definite plural pianoa)

  1. (music) piano

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Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

piano f

  1. vocative singular of piana

Portuguese[edit]

piano

Etymology[edit]

From Italian piano, short form of pianoforte.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

piano

  1. piano

Adverb[edit]

piano (comparative mais piano superlative o mais piano)

  1. (music) piano, soft
  2. (music) piano, slowly

Noun[edit]

piano m (plural pianos)

  1. (music) piano

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Descendants[edit]

  • → Hunsrik: Piano

Slovak[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

piano

  1. musical directive to play softly

Noun[edit]

piano m (genitive singular piana, nominative plural pianá, genitive plural pián, declension pattern of mesto)

  1. (music) piano
    Synonym: klavír
  2. a very soft sound

Declension[edit]

Declension of piano
singular plural
nominative piano pianá
genitive piana pián
dative pianu pianám
accusative piano pianá
locative piane pianách
instrumental pianom pianami

Further reading[edit]

  • piano in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Clipping of pianoforte.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

piano m (plural pianos)

  1. (music) piano
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Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

piano n

  1. (music) piano

Declension[edit]

Declension of piano 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative piano pianot pianon pianona
Genitive pianos pianots pianons pianonas

See also[edit]

Veps[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Noun[edit]

piano

  1. (music) piano

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of piano
nominative sing. piano
genitive sing. pianon
partitive sing. pianod
partitive plur. pianoid
singular plural
nominative piano pianod
accusative pianon pianod
genitive pianon pianoiden
partitive pianod pianoid
essive-instructive pianon pianoin
translative pianoks pianoikš
inessive pianos pianoiš
elative pianospäi pianoišpäi
illative ? pianoihe
adessive pianol pianoil
ablative pianolpäi pianoilpäi
allative pianole pianoile
abessive pianota pianoita
comitative pianonke pianoidenke
prolative pianodme pianoidme
approximative I pianonno pianoidenno
approximative II pianonnoks pianoidennoks
egressive pianonnopäi pianoidennopäi
terminative I ? pianoihesai
terminative II pianolesai pianoilesai
terminative III pianossai —
additive I ? pianoihepäi
additive II pianolepäi pianoilepäi

References[edit]

  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “пианино”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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