piano
English
Etymology 1
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 and the clavichord.
Noun
piano (plural pianos or piani)
- (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: pianoforte (dated)
- 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
- (keyboard instrument): cembalo, clavichord, fortepiano, harpsichord, organ, synthesizer, synth
Derived terms
terms derived from the noun piano
Translations
a keyboard musical instrument
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Adjective
Adverb
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/
Azerbaijani
Other scripts | |
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Cyrillic | пиано |
Roman | piano |
Perso-Arabic |
Declension
Declension of piano
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 |
Possessive forms of piano
nominative | ||
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singular | plural | |
mənim (“my”) | pianom | pianolarım |
sənin (“your”) | pianon | pianoların |
onun (“his/her/its”) | pianosu | pianoları |
bizim (“our”) | pianomuz | pianolarımız |
sizin (“your”) | pianonuz | pianolarınız |
onların (“their”) | pianosu or pianoları | pianoları |
accusative | ||
singular | plural | |
mənim (“my”) | pianomu | pianolarımı |
sənin (“your”) | pianonu | pianolarını |
onun (“his/her/its”) | pianosunu | pianolarını |
bizim (“our”) | pianomuzu | pianolarımızı |
sizin (“your”) | pianonuzu | pianolarınızı |
onların (“their”) | pianosunu or pianolarını | pianolarını |
dative | ||
singular | plural | |
mənim (“my”) | pianoma | pianolarıma |
sənin (“your”) | pianona | pianolarına |
onun (“his/her/its”) | pianosuna | pianolarına |
bizim (“our”) | pianomuza | pianolarımıza |
sizin (“your”) | pianonuza | pianolarınıza |
onların (“their”) | pianosuna or pianolarına | pianolarına |
locative | ||
singular | plural | |
mənim (“my”) | pianomda | pianolarımda |
sənin (“your”) | pianonda | pianolarında |
onun (“his/her/its”) | pianosunda | pianolarında |
bizim (“our”) | pianomuzda | pianolarımızda |
sizin (“your”) | pianonuzda | pianolarınızda |
onların (“their”) | pianosunda or pianolarında | pianolarında |
ablative | ||
singular | plural | |
mənim (“my”) | pianomdan | pianolarımdan |
sənin (“your”) | pianondan | pianolarından |
onun (“his/her/its”) | pianosundan | pianolarından |
bizim (“our”) | pianomuzdan | pianolarımızdan |
sizin (“your”) | pianonuzdan | pianolarınızdan |
onların (“their”) | pianosundan or pianolarından | pianolarından |
genitive | ||
singular | plural | |
mənim (“my”) | pianomun | pianolarımın |
sənin (“your”) | pianonun | pianolarının |
onun (“his/her/its”) | pianosunun | pianolarının |
bizim (“our”) | pianomuzun | pianolarımızın |
sizin (“your”) | pianonuzun | pianolarınızın |
onların (“their”) | pianosunun or pianolarının | pianolarının |
Catalan
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piˈaːnoː/
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Esperanto
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
- IPA(key): /piˈano/
- Hyphenation: pi‧a‧no
- Rhymes: -ano
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpiɑno/, [ˈpiɑno̞]
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
Compounds
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
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pja.no/
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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: 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.
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Further reading
- “piano” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
From Latin plānus, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-.
Pronunciation
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Noun
piano m (plural piani)
Related terms
Further reading
Norman
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Portuguese
Etymology
From Italian piano, short form of pianoforte.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpjɐnu/
- Hyphenation: pi‧a‧no
Adverb
piano (comparative mais piano superlative o mais piano)
Related terms
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpianɔ/
Adverb
piano
- musical directive to play softly
Noun
piano m (genitive singular piana, nominative plural pianá, genitive plural pián, declension pattern of mesto)
Declension
Synonyms
- (piano): klavír
Spanish
Etymology
Clipping of pianoforte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpjano/
Related terms
Further reading
- “piano” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Pronunciation
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Veps
Etymology
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
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