piano

See also: Piano, pianó, piáno, and píanó

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Short form of pianoforte, from Italian piano (“soft”) + forte (“strong”). So named because older keyboard instruments, notably the harpsichord and the clavier, could not produce varied volumes.

Pronunciation

Noun and Adjective

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /piˈænoʊ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /piˈænəʊ/

Adverb

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /piˈɑnoʊ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /piˈɑːnəʊ/

Noun

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 keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings.

   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.

Synonyms

• pianoforte (dated)

Coordinate terms

• (keyboard instrument): cembalo, clavier, fortepiano, harpsichord, organ, synthesizer, synth

Derived terms

terms derived from piano noun

dumb piano electric piano grand piano pianola pianist

piano accordion piano player player piano square piano upright piano

Translations

a keyboard musical instrument

• Albanian: piano f
• Arabic: بيانو m (biyānō)
• Armenian: դաշնամուր (dašnamur)
• Asturian: pianu m
• Azeri: piano (az), fortepiano, pianino, royal
• Belarusian: фартэпія́на n (fartepijána)
• Bengali: পিয়ানো (piẏano)
• Bulgarian: пиа́но n (piáno)
• Burmese: စန္ဒရား (my) (san da̱ ja:)
• Catalan: piano (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᎤᏔᏅ ᏗᎧᏃᎩᏍᏗ (utanv dikanogisdi), ᏗᏂᏤᎷᎯᏍᎩ (dinitseluhisgi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鋼琴, 钢琴 (zh) (gāngqín)

• Czech: klavír (cs) m, piáno n, břinkotruhla f
• Danish: klaver (da) n
• Dutch: piano (nl) m
• Esperanto: piano (eo)
• Estonian: klaver
• Finnish: piano (fi)
• French: piano (fr) m
• Galician: piano (gl) m
• Georgian: ფორტეპიანო (ka) (p’ortepiano)
• German: Klavier (de) n, Piano (de) n
• Greek: πιάνο (el) n (piáno), κλειδοκύμβαλο (el) n (kleidokýmvalo)
• Greenlandic: klaveri
• Guaraní: kuãytasã (mahāvādya)
• Hebrew: פסנתר (he) m (psanter)
• Hindi: पियानो m (piyāno), महावाद्य (mahāvādya)
• Hungarian: zongora (hu)
• Icelandic: píanó (is) n, slagharpa (is) f, fortepíanó n
• Irish: pianó m
• Italian: pianoforte (it) m, piano (it) m
• Japanese: ピアノ (ja) (piano)
• Jèrriais: piano m
• Kazakh: фортепиано (fortepïano), күйсандық (küysandıq)
• Khmer: ព្យាណូ (pyienoo)
• Korean: 피아노 (ko) (piano)
• Kyrgyz: пианино (pianino)
• Lao: ປີອາໂນ (pìː ʔàː nóː)

• Latin: clavile n
• Latvian: klavieres (lv) f pl
• Lithuanian: pianinas (lt)
• Lojban: pipno
• Macedonian: пија́но n (pijáno), клави́р m (klávir)
• Malay: piano
• Marathi: पियानो m (piyāno)
• Mongolian: төгөлдөр хуур (tögöldör huur)
• Nahuatl: pianotli (nah)
• North Frisian: (Föhr-Amrum) klawiar n
• Norwegian: piano (no) n
• Persian: پیانو (fa) (piyâno)
• Polish: pianino (pl) n
• Portuguese: piano (pt) m
• Quechua: yatana qallwa
• Romanian: pian (ro) n
• Russian: пиани́но (ru) n (pianíno), фортепиа́но (ru) n (fortepiáno)
• Scottish Gaelic: piàna m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: клавир m

  Roman: klavir m

• Slovak: klavír m
• Slovene: klavir (sl) m
• Spanish: piano (es) m
• Swahili: kinanda (sw), piano (sw)
• Swedish: piano (sv) n
• Tagalog: piyano
• Tajik: пианино (pianino)
• Tamil: பியானோ (piyāṉō), கின்னரப்பெட்டி (kiṉṉarappeṭṭi)
• Thai: เปียโน (th) (piano)
• Turkish: piyano (tr)
• Turkmen: pianino, roýal
• Ukrainian: фортепіа́но (uk) n (fortepiáno)
• Urdu: پیانو m (piyāno)
• Uzbek: pianino (uz)
• Vietnamese: dương cầm (vi)
• Volapük: pianod (vo)
• Zulu: iPiyano (zu)

Adjective

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, p. 160:

     ‘Tradecraft, Chris,’ Enderby put in, who liked his bit of jargon, and Martindale, still piano, shot him a glance of admiration.

Adverb

Piano notation.

piano (not comparable)

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

Related terms

• mezzo piano
• mp
• pianissimo
• pp

Translations

softly

• German: piano (de)
• Icelandic: veikur (is)
• Italian: piano (it)

• Portuguese: piano (pt)
• Russian: пиано (piáno)
• Slovak: piano

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Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈanɔ/

Noun

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

1. piano

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Azeri

Other scripts
Cyrillic	пиано
Roman	piano
Perso-Arabic

Etymology

From Italian piano.

Noun

piano (definite accusative pianonu, plural pianolar)

1. piano

Declension

declension of piano

	singular	plural
absolute	piano	pianolar
definite accusative	pianonu	pianoları
dative	pianoya	pianolara
locative	pianoda	pianolarda
ablative	pianodan	pianolardan
definite genitive	pianonun	pianoların

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈaːnoː/

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Noun

piano c (plural piano's, diminutive pianootje n)

1. piano

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Esperanto

Wikipedia ^eo

Noun

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

1. piano

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Finnish

Noun

piano

1. piano

Declension

Declension of piano (Kotus type 1/valo)

		singular	plural
nominative		piano	pianot
accusative	zero?	piano	pianot
	normal	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

Derived terms

• konserttipiano
• pianisti
• pianomusiikki
• pianotuoli

Anagrams

• apoin, paino, paoin, pinoa, ponia

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /pja.no/

Noun

piano m (plural pianos)

1. piano

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin planus.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Adjective

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

1. plane
2. plain
3. soft
4. penultimate accented

Noun

piano m (plural piani)

1. plane
2. floor, storey (British), story (US) (of a building)
3. plan, tactic, stratagem, scheme, plot
4. piano (musical instrument)

Synonyms

• progetto
• proposito

Adverb

piano

1. slowly
2. carefully

Related terms

• piana
• pianificazione
• pianista
• pianola
• piano piano / pian piano

Anagrams

• opina

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Japanese

Romanization

piano

1. rōmaji reading of ピアノ

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Jèrriais

Etymology

Borrowing from English and French piano.

Noun

piano m (plural pianos)

1. (music) piano

Derived terms

• pianiste (“pianist”)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Wikipedia ^no

Noun

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

1. a piano

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

piano n (definite singular pianoet, indefinite plural piano, definite plural pianoa)

1. a piano

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Portuguese

piano

Etymology

From Italian piano, short form of pianoforte.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpjɐnu/
• Hyphenation: pi‧a‧no

Adjective

piano

1. piano

Adverb

piano (comparative mais piano superlative o mais piano)

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

Noun

piano m (plural pianos)

1. piano

Related terms

• pianista

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Slovak

Adverb

piano

1. musical directive to play softly

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpja̯.no/

Noun

piano m (plural pianos)

1. piano

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

piano n

1. a piano

Declension

Declension of piano

See also

• ta det piano