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Piano
Pi-a′no
,Pi-an′o
,Pi-an′o-forˊte
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Piano
Piano
piano
piano
English
Noun
piano (plural pianos or piani)
- (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
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:
Adverb
![](http://llc12.www.definify.com/images_main/Music-piano.png)
piano (not comparable)
- (music) Softly, as a musical direction (abbreviated to p. in sheet music). [from 17th c.]
Related terms
Translations
Albanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piˈanɔ/
Noun
piano f (indefinite plural piano, definite singular pianoja, definite plural pianot)
Azeri
Other scripts | |
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Cyrillic | пиано |
Roman | piano |
Perso-Arabic |
Etymology
Noun
piano (definite accusative pianonu, plural pianolar)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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absolute | piano | pianolar |
definite accusative | pianonu | pianoları |
dative | pianoya | pianolara |
locative | pianoda | pianolarda |
ablative | pianodan | pianolardan |
definite genitive | pianonun | pianoların |
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piˈaːnoː/
Noun
piano c (plural piano's, diminutive pianootje n)
Finnish
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 | |
instructive | — | pianoin | |
abessive | pianotta | pianoitta | |
comitative | — | pianoineen |
Derived terms
- konserttipiano
- pianisti
- pianomusiikki
- pianotuoli
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
From Latin plānus, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-.
Pronunciation
Adjective
piano m (feminine singular piana, masculine plural piani, feminine plural piane)
See also
Noun
piano m (plural piani)
- plane
- floor, storey (British), story (US) (of a building)
- plan, tactic, stratagem, scheme, plot
- piano (musical instrument)
Synonyms
Adverb
piano
Related terms
Anagrams
Norman
Etymology
Borrowing 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)
- a piano
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
piano n (definite singular pianoet, indefinite plural piano, definite plural pianoa)
- a piano
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Portuguese
![](http://llc12.www.definify.com/images_main/Fortepian_Wolkenhauer.jpg)
Etymology
From Italian piano, short form of pianoforte.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpjɐnu/
- Hyphenation: pi‧a‧no
Adjective
piano
Adverb
piano (comparative mais piano superlative o mais piano)
Noun
piano m (plural pianos)
Related terms
Slovak
Adverb
piano
- musical directive to play softly
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
piano n
- a piano
Declension
Inflection of piano | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | piano | pianot | pianon | pianona |
Genitive | pianos | pianots | pianons | pianonas |
See also
- ta det piano
Veps
Noun
piano
Inflection
Inflection of piano | |||
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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
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “пианино”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika