piano
English
Etymology 1
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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
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Noun
piano (plural pianos or piani)
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- (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: (dated) pianoforte
- 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
Derived terms
Translations
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Adjective
piano (comparative more piano, superlative most piano)
- (music) soft, quiet
- 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.
- 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, page 160:
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
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Adverb
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piano (not comparable)
- (music) softly, as a musical direction (abbreviated to p. in sheet music) [from 17th c.]
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
Anagrams
Albanian
Pronunciation
Noun
piano f (plural piano, definite pianoja, definite plural pianot)
Azerbaijani
Cyrillic | пиано | |
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Abjad |
Etymology
Ultimately from Italian piano.
Noun
piano (definite accusative pianonu, plural pianolar)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | piano | pianolar |
definite accusative | pianonu | pianoları |
dative | pianoya | pianolara |
locative | pianoda | pianolarda |
ablative | pianodan | pianolardan |
definite genitive | pianonun | pianoların |
Catalan
Pronunciation
Noun
piano m (plural pianos)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French piano, from Italian piano, shortening of pianoforte.
Pronunciation
Noun
piano f or n (plural piano's, diminutive pianootje n)
- (music) piano
- Synonym: pianoforte
Derived terms
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Noun
piano (accusative singular pianon, plural pianoj, accusative plural pianojn)
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
piano
Declension
Inflection of piano (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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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 | |
abessive | pianotta | pianoitta | |
instructive | — | pianoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
Compounds
- konserttipiano
- pianohaitari
- pianoharmonikka
- pianokappale
- pianokonsertti
- pianokonsertto
- pianokoulu
- pianokvartetti
- pianokvartetto
- pianokvintetti
- pianokvintetto
- pianomusiikki
- pianonkieli
- piano-oppilas
- pianosolisti
- pianosonaatti
- pianosoolo
- pianosovitus
- pianosävellys
- pianoteos
- pianotrio
- pianotunti
- pianotuoli
- sähköpiano
- taffelipiano
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Italian piano. Doublet of plain and plan.
Pronunciation
Noun
piano m (plural pianos)
- (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: (deprecated template usage) 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!
- I don’t like the piano. I like football more.
- Je n’aime pas le piano. Je préfère le football.
Further reading
- “piano”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin plānus, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
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See also
Noun
piano m (plural piani)
- plane
- floor, storey (British), story (US) (of a building)
- plan, tactic, stratagem, scheme, plot
- (music) piano
Synonyms
Adverb
piano (superlative pianissimo)
Related terms
Further reading
- 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
Japanese
Romanization
piano
Marshallese
Etymology
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
- (phonetic) IPA(key): [pʲiɑːnʲɔ], (enunciated) [pʲiɑ nʲɔ]
- (phonemic) IPA(key): /pʲijæɰnʲɛw/
- Bender phonemes: {piyahnew}
Noun
piano (construct form pianoin)
- a piano
Verb
piano (person noun ri-piano)
References
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from English piano and French piano.
Noun
piano m (plural pianos)
Derived terms
- pianiste (“pianist”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
piano n (definite singular pianoet, indefinite plural piano or pianoer, definite plural pianoa or pianoene)
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
piano n (definite singular pianoet, indefinite plural piano, definite plural pianoa)
Related terms
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
piano f
Portuguese
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Etymology
From Italian piano, short form of pianoforte.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: pi‧a‧no
Adjective
piano
Adverb
piano
Noun
piano m (plural pianos)
Related terms
Descendants
- → Hunsrik: Piano
Slovak
Pronunciation
Adverb
piano
- musical directive to play softly
Noun
piano m
Declension
Further reading
- “piano”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish
Etymology
Clipping of pianoforte.
Pronunciation
Noun
piano m (plural pianos)
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “piano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
piano n
Declension
Declension of piano | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | piano | pianot | pianon | pianona |
Genitive | pianos | pianots | pianons | pianonas |
See also
Veps
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
piano
Inflection
References
- English terms borrowed from Italian
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- English 3-syllable words
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- English nouns
- English countable nouns
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- en:Musical instruments
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- en:Music
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- Albanian 3-syllable words
- Albanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Albanian lemmas
- Albanian nouns
- Albanian feminine nouns
- sq:Musical instruments
- Azerbaijani terms derived from Italian
- Azerbaijani lemmas
- Azerbaijani nouns
- az:Musical instruments
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- ca:Musical instruments
- Dutch terms borrowed from French
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- Dutch terms derived from Italian
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Dutch/aːnoː
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
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- nl:Musical instruments
- Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Esperanto/ano
- Esperanto lemmas
- Esperanto nouns
- eo:Musical instruments
- Finnish terms borrowed from Italian
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- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish lemmas
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- fi:Musical instruments
- Finnish valo-type nominals
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- fr:Musical instruments
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- it:Musical instruments
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- it:Geometry
- Japanese non-lemma forms
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- Marshallese terms borrowed from English
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- Marshallese terms derived from Latin
- Marshallese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Marshallese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Marshallese lemmas
- Marshallese nouns
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- mh:Musical instruments
- Norman terms borrowed from English
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- Norman terms borrowed from French
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- Norman lemmas
- Norman nouns
- Norman masculine nouns
- Jersey Norman
- nrf:Musical instruments
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns
- nb:Musical instruments
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
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- nn:Musical instruments
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Portuguese 2-syllable words
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- pt:Music
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- pt:Musical instruments
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- Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation
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- sk:Musical instruments
- Spanish clippings
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ano
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- es:Musical instruments
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- sv:Musical instruments
- Veps lemmas
- Veps nouns
- vep:Musical instruments