piano
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Short form of pianoforte, from Italian piano (“soft”) + forte (“strong”). So named because older keyboard instruments, notably the harpsichord and the clavier, could not produce varied volumes.
PronunciationEdit
Noun and Adjective
Adverb
NounEdit
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.
SynonymsEdit
- pianoforte (dated)
Coordinate termsEdit
- (keyboard instrument): cembalo, clavier, fortepiano, harpsichord, organ, synthesizer, synth
Derived termsEdit
terms derived from the noun piano
TranslationsEdit
a keyboard musical instrument
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AdjectiveEdit
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:
AdverbEdit
piano (not comparable)
- (music) Softly, as a musical direction (abbreviated to p. in sheet music). [from 17th c.]
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
music: softly
AlbanianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
piano f (indefinite plural piano, definite singular pianoja, definite plural pianot)
AzeriEdit
| Other scripts | |
|---|---|
| Cyrillic | пиано |
| Roman | piano |
| Perso-Arabic | |
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
piano (definite accusative pianonu, plural pianolar)
DeclensionEdit
declension of piano
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | piano | pianolar |
| definite accusative | pianonu | pianoları |
| dative | pianoya | pianolara |
| locative | pianoda | pianolarda |
| ablative | pianodan | pianolardan |
| definite genitive | pianonun | pianoların |
CatalanEdit
DutchEdit
EsperantoEdit
FinnishEdit
NounEdit
piano
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of piano (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
piano m (plural pianos)
External linksEdit
- “piano” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin plānus, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-.
PronunciationEdit
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Audio (file)
AdjectiveEdit
piano m (feminine singular piana, masculine plural piani, feminine plural piane)
See alsoEdit
NounEdit
piano m (plural piani)
- plane
- floor, storey (British), story (US) (of a building)
- plan, tactic, stratagem, scheme, plot
- piano (musical instrument)
SynonymsEdit
AdverbEdit
piano
Related termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
JapaneseEdit
NormanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowing from English piano and French piano.
NounEdit
piano m (plural pianos)
Derived termsEdit
- pianiste (“pianist”)
Norwegian BokmålEdit
NounEdit
piano n (definite singular pianoet, indefinite plural piano or pianoer, definite plural pianoa or pianoene)
- a piano
Related termsEdit
Norwegian NynorskEdit
NounEdit
piano n (definite singular pianoet, indefinite plural piano, definite plural pianoa)
- a piano
Related termsEdit
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Italian piano, short form of pianoforte.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
piano
AdverbEdit
piano (comparative mais piano superlative o mais piano)
NounEdit
piano m (plural pianos)
Related termsEdit
SlovakEdit
AdverbEdit
piano
- musical directive to play softly
External linksEdit
- piano in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
SpanishEdit
SwedishEdit
PronunciationEdit
-
Audio (file)
NounEdit
piano n
- a piano
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of piano | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | piano | pianot | pianon | pianona |
| Genitive | pianos | pianots | pianons | pianonas |
See alsoEdit
VepsEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
piano
InflectionEdit
| Inflection of piano | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
ReferencesEdit
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “пианино”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika