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English

Pronunciation

  • (US)
    • IPA: /piˈæ.noʊ̯/


Etymology

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

Noun

  1. A keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings.


Usage notes

Piano is now the usual term for the musical instrument. Pianoforte is old-fashioned.

Synonyms


Derived terms

Translations

  • Korean: 피아노 (piano)
  • Latin: clavile
  • Latvian: {{t-|lv|klavieres|xs=Latvian}}
  • Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|pianinas|xs=Lithuanian}}
  • Norwegian: {{t-|no|piano|n}}
  • Polish: {{t+|pl|pianino|n}}
  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|piano|m}}
  • Romanian: {{t+|ro|pian|n}}
  • Russian: пианино (pianíno) , рояль (rojál’)
  • Serbian:
  • : Cyrillic: клавир
  • : Roman: klavir#Serbian|klavir
  • Slovak: {{t-|sk|klavír|m}}
  • Slovene: {{t+|sl|klavir|m}}
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|piano|m}}
  • Swedish: {{t+|sv|piano|n}}
  • Thai: (piano)
  • Turkish:

See also


Adjective

piano

  1. soft|Soft. Used as a w:Dynamics (music)|dynamic directive in w:sheet music|sheet music in its abbreviated form, {p.}, to indicate lowering the volume of the music. In the pianoforte this is done by pressing the instrument's keys more lightly.


Translations

  • German:
  • Icelandic: veikur , veik , veikt
  • : (it is most often used in neuter; i.e. veikt)
  • :: Spilaðu lagið veikt. — Play the song piano.
  • Portuguese:
  • Slovak:

Related terms


Category:Musical instruments

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at Nl-piano.ogg


Noun

piano

  1. piano


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Esperanto

Noun

  1. piano


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Finnish

(Index:Finnish/p|index P)

Noun

piano

  1. piano


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French

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at Fr-piano.ogg
  • IPA: /pja.nɔ/


Noun

  1. #English|piano


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Italian

Etymology

Latin planus

Adjective

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


Noun

{{it-noun|pian|m|o|i}}

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


Synonyms


Adverb

piano

  1. slowly
  2. carefully


Related terms


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Japanese

Noun

{{ja-noun|r|kata=ピアノ|hidx=ひあの''}}

  1. piano


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Norwegian

Noun

  1. #English|piano


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Portuguese

Adjective

piano

  1. #English|piano.


Noun

piano

  1. #English|piano.


Related terms

Category:Portuguese adjectives Category:Portuguese nouns

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Slovak

Adverb

: piano

  1. musical directive to play softly


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Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈpja̯.no/

Noun

piano

  1. #English|piano


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Piano \Pi*a"no\, a. & adv. [It., even, smooth, soft, fr. L.
planus even, level.] (Mus.)
Soft; -- a direction to the performer to execute a certain
passage softly, and with diminished volume of tone. (Abbrev.
p.)
[1913 Webster] Pianoforte
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Piano \Pi*an"o\, Pianoforte \Pi*an"o*for`te\, n. [It. piano soft
(fr. L. planus even, smooth; see Plain, a.) + It. forte
strong, fr. L. fortis (see Fort).] (Mus.)
A well-known musical instrument somewhat resembling the
harpsichord, and consisting of a series of wires of graduated
length, thickness, and tension, struck by hammers moved by
keys.
[1913 Webster]

Dumb piano. See Digitorium.

Grand piano. See under Grand.

Square piano, one with a horizontal frame and an oblong
case.

Upright piano, one with an upright frame and vertical
wires.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet piano
adj : used chiefly as a direction or description in music; "the
piano passages in the composition" [syn: soft] [ant:
forte]
n 1: a stringed instrument that is played by depressing keys that
cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
[syn: pianoforte, forte-piano]
2: (music) low loudness [syn: pianissimo]
adv : used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly
[syn: softly] [ant: forte]
Moby Dictionary
Klavier , Steinway , a cappella , a la sourdine , abbandono ,
accrescendo , adagietto , adagio , affettuoso , agilmente , agitato ,
allegretto , allegro , amabile , amoroso , andante , andantino ,
appassionatamente , appassionato , baby grand , barely audible ,
brillante , capriccioso , cembalo , clarichord , clavicembalo ,
clavichord , clavicittern , clavicymbal , clavicytherium , clavier ,
con affetto , con agilita , con agitazione , con amore , concert grand ,
cottage piano , couched harp , crescendo , decrescendo , dim ,
diminuendo , dimly , distant , dolce , dulcimer harpsichord , faint ,
faint-voiced , faintly , feeble , feebly , forte , fortissimo , gentle ,
gently , grand , grand piano , half-heard , hammer dulcimer ,
harmonichord , harpsichord , hushedly , indistinct , lamentabile ,
larghetto , larghissimo , largo , legato , leggiero , low , manichord ,
manichordon , marcando , melodion , melopiano , monochord , morendo ,
murmured , pair of virginals , parlando , parlor grand , pianette ,
pianino , pianissimo , piano-violin , pianoforte , pizzicato ,
prestissimo , presto , rallentando , ritardando , ritenuto ,
scarcely heard , scherzando , scherzo , scherzoso , soft ,
soft-sounding , soft-voiced , softly , sordamente , sordo ,
sostinente pianoforte , sotto voce , spiccato , spinet , square piano ,
staccato , stretto , subaudible , subdued , subduedly , tremolando ,
tremoloso , trillando , unclear , upright , upright piano ,
violin piano , virginal , weak , weak-voiced , weakly , whispered


PIANO, n. A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor. It is operated by pressing the keys of the machine and the spirits of the audience.
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