pianoforte

See also: piano-forte

English

Alternative forms

piano-forte

Etymology

From Italian pianoforte.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /piˌænəʊˈfɔːteɪ/, /piˌænəʊˈfɔːt/
(US) IPA^(key): /piˈænəfɔɹt/, /piˌænəˈfɔɹteɪ/, /piˌænəˈfɔɹti/

Noun

pianoforte (plural pianofortes or pianoforti)

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

Derived terms

piano

Translations

Piano

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
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)
Lithuanian: fortepijonas (lt)
Persian: پیانو فورته‎ (piâno forte)
Russian: фортепиа́но (ru) (fortɛpiano)

Further reading

piano on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

fortepiano

Italian

Etymology

piano +‎ forte

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pjanoˈfɔrte/
Rhymes: -ɔrte

Noun

pianoforte m (plural pianoforti)

(music) piano, pianoforte

Descendants

→ English: pianoforte

Further reading

pianoforte on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

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