pianoforte

See also: piano-forte and piano-forté

English

Alternative forms

• piano-forte
• piano-forté (rare)

Etymology

From Italian pianoforte.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /piˌænəʊˈfɔːteɪ/, /piˌænəʊˈfɔːt/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /piˈænəfɔɹt/, /piˌænəˈfɔɹteɪ/, /piˌænəˈfɔɹti/

Noun

pianoforte (plural pianofortes or pianoforti)

1. (music, dated) A piano. [from 1767]

Derived terms

• cabinet pianoforte
• piano
• pianofortist

Related terms

• fortepiano

Translations

Piano

• Armenian: դաշնամուր (hy) (dašnamur)
• Chinese:

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• Czech: břinkotruhla f, klapkobřinkostroj (cs) m
• Finnish: pianoforte (fi)
• Georgian: ფორტეპიანო (ka) (porṭeṗiano)
• Icelandic: slagharpa f (rare), píanó (is) n, fortepíanó n (dated)
• Ido: piano (io)
• Japanese: ピアノフォルテ (ja) (pianoforute)
• Korean: 피아노포르테 (ko) (pianoporeute)
• Lithuanian: fortepijonas (lt)
• Persian: پیانو فورته (piâno forte)
• Russian: фортепиа́но (ru) (fortɛpiáno)
• Welsh: piano m or f, (literary) perdoneg f or m

Further reading

• piano on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• fortepiano

Italian

Etymology

From piano +‎ forte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpja.noˈfɔr.te/
• Rhymes: -ɔrte
• Hyphenation: pia‧no‧fòr‧te

Noun

pianoforte m (plural pianoforti)

1. (music) piano, pianoforte

Descendants

• → English: pianoforte
• → Romanian: pianoforte
• → Spanish: pianoforte

Further reading

• pianoforte on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Anagrams

• fortepiano

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pianoforte.

Adverb

pianoforte

1. pianoforte

Noun

pianoforte n (plural pianoforte)

1. (music, dated) piano, pianoforte

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	pianoforte	pianofortele	pianoforte	pianofortele
genitive-dative	pianoforte	pianofortelui	pianoforte	pianofortelor
vocative	pianoforte		pianofortelor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pianoforte. First attested in 1786.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pjanoˈfoɾte/ [pja.noˈfoɾ.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -oɾte
• Syllabification: pia‧no‧for‧te

Noun

pianoforte m (plural pianofortes)

1. (music, dated) piano [from late-18th c.]

Further reading

• “pianoforte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “pianoforte”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2013, →ISSN