piano

See also: Piano, pianó, piáno, and píanó

English

Etymology 1

Clipping 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. Doublet of llano, plain, and plane.

Pronunciation

(US, Canada) IPA^(key): /piˈænoʊ/
(UK) IPA^(key): /piˈænəʊ/
(obsolete, nonstandard) IPA^(key): /paɪˈænoʊ/^[1]
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

piano (plural pianos or (archaic) pianoes)

(music) A percussive 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: (dated) pianoforte

Coordinate terms: cembalo, clavichord, fortepiano, harpsichord, organ, synthesizer, synth

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.

Derived terms

Translations

a keyboard musical instrument

Afrikaans: klavier
Albanian: piano (sq) f
Amharic: ፒያኖ (piyano)
Arabic: بِيَانُو m (biyānō), مِعْزَف m (miʕzaf)
Hijazi Arabic: بِيانو m (biyānu, piyānu)
Armenian: դաշնամուր (hy) (dašnamur), դաշնակ (hy) (dašnak) (Western Armenian)
Asturian: pianu m
Azerbaijani: piano (az), fortepiano, pianino, royal (az)
Basque: piano (eu)
Belarusian: фартэпія́на n (fartepijána)
Bengali: পিয়ানো (bn) (piẏanō)
Bulgarian: пиа́но n (piáno)
Burmese: စန္ဒရား (my) (canda.ra:)
Catalan: piano (ca) m
Cherokee: ᎤᏔᏅ ᏗᎧᏃᎩᏍᏗ (utanv dikanogisdi), ᏗᏂᏤᎷᎯᏍᎩ (dinitseluhisgi)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 鋼琴／钢琴 (gong³ kam⁴)

Hokkien: 鋼琴／钢琴 (zh-min-nan) (kǹg-khîm)

Mandarin: 鋼琴／钢琴 (zh) (gāngqín)
Cornish: piano m
Corsican: pianuforte m, pianu m
Czech: klavír (cs) m, piáno n, břinkotruhla f
Danish: klaver (da) n
Dutch: piano (nl) m
Esperanto: piano (eo)
Estonian: klaver
Finnish: piano (fi); flyygeli (fi) (grand piano)
French: piano (fr) m
Galician: piano (gl) m
Georgian: ფორტეპიანო (ka) (porṭeṗiano), პიანინო (ka) (ṗianino)
German: Klavier (de) n (common); Piano (de) n (exalted style); Flügel (de) m (grand piano)
Greek: πιάνο (el) n (piáno), κλειδοκύμβαλο (el) n (kleidokýmvalo)
Greenlandic: klaveri
Guaraní: kuãytasã
Hebrew: פְּסַנְתֵּר (he) m (psantér)
Hindi: पियानो (hi) m (piyāno), महावाद्य (mahāvādya)
Hungarian: zongora (hu)
Hunsrik: Piano m
Icelandic: píanó (is) n, slagharpa (is) f, fortepíanó n
Ido: piano (io)
Indonesian: piano (id)
Irish: pianó m
Italian: pianoforte (it) m, piano (it) m
Japanese: ピアノ (ja) (piano), 鋼琴 (ja) (kōkin)
Kazakh: фортепиано (fortepiano), күйсандық (küisandyq)
Khmer: ប៉្យាណូ (pyaanou)
Komi-Zyrian: зонгорӧ (zongorö)
Korean: 피아노 (ko) (piano)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: piyano (ku) f
Kyrgyz: пианино (pianino)
Ladino: pyano
Lao: ປີອາໂນ (pī ʼā nō)
Latin: clavile n
Latvian: klavieres (lv) f pl
Lithuanian: pianinas (lt), fortepijonas (lt)
Macedonian: пија́но n (pijáno), кла́вир m (klávir)
Malagasy: valihavata
Malay: piano (ms)
Malayalam: പിയാനോ (ml) (piyānō)
Maltese: pjanu m
Maori: piana
Marathi: पियानो m (piyāno)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: төгөлдөр хуур (tögöldör xuur)

Mongolian: ᠲᠡᠭᠦᠯᠳᠡᠷ
ᠬᠤᠭᠤᠷ (tegülder quɣur)
Nahuatl: pianotli (nah)
Navajo: biwooʼ hólóní, dilní náníltąshígíí
Norman: piano m
North Frisian: (Föhr-Amrum) klawiar n
Norwegian: piano (no) n
Persian: پیانو (fa) (piyâno)
Plautdietsch: Piano f
Polish: pianino (pl) n, fortepian (pl) m
Portuguese: piano (pt) m
Punjabi: ਪਿਆਨੋ (piāno)
Quechua: yatana qallwa
Romanian: pian (ro) n, Pno.
Russian: пиани́но (ru) n (pianíno), фортепиа́но (ru) n (fortɛpiáno), роя́ль (ru) m (rojálʹ) (grand piano)
Scottish Gaelic: piàno m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кла̀вӣр m

Roman: klàvīr (sh) m
Sicilian: pianuforti m, chianuforti m
Slovak: klavír m
Slovene: klavir (sl) m
Spanish: piano (es) m
Swahili: kinanda (sw), piano (sw)
Swedish: piano (sv) n
Tagalog: piyano
Tajik: пианино (pianino)
Tamil: பியானோ (piyāṉō), கின்னரப்பெட்டி (kiṉṉarappeṭṭi)
Thai: เปียโน (th) (bpiia-noo)
Tibetan: རྣོ་སྦྲེང (rno sbreng)
Tigrinya: ፒያኖ (piyano)
Turkish: piyano (tr)
Turkmen: pianino, roýal
Udmurt: рояль (rojaľ)
Ukrainian: фортепіа́но (uk) n (fortepiáno)
Urdu: پیانو m (piyāno)
Uyghur: پيانىنو (pyanino)
Uzbek: pianino (uz)
Vietnamese: dương cầm (vi)
Volapük: pianod (vo)
Welsh: piano m, perdoneg m or f
Western Panjabi: پیانو (peyāno)
Yiddish: פּיאַנע f (pyane), קלאַוויר m (klavir)
Zhuang: ganghginz
Zulu: iPiyano (zu)

Verb

piano (third-person singular simple present pianos, present participle pianoing, simple past and past participle pianoed)

To play the piano.
- 1967, Harry F. Chaplin, A McCrae Miscellany, page 41:
  Anyhow I pianoed to my own ear, and had no thought at that time for an audience.
- 1978, Bertha Harris, Confessions of Cherubino, page 96:
  Who comforted me with Madeleines and lime tea, with whipped cream in my cocoa in far off Ann Arbor while others selfishly fiddled, bassooned, pianoed only for their own ugly self-advancement!
- 2008, John Gruen, Callas Kissed Me...Lenny Too!, page 138:
  John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, Arnold Weinstein, and others came to the house, taping their poems as I pianoed and zithered and drummed away.
- 2020, Becky Manawatu, Auē, page 139:
  We guitared and drummed and head banged and pianoed.
(of or with fingers) To move (the fingers) up and down on, similar to the motions of a pianist playing the piano.
- 2013, Ann Blair Kloman, A Diamond to Die For, page 29:
  He just stared at her, leaned back in his chair and pianoed his fingers along the tablecloth.
- 2017, Kim Michele Richardson, The Sisters of Glass Ferry:
  “Jean, it ain't right how you separated those two,” he said, and pianoed the little coffin with his fingers, tapping out his grievance.
- 2020, Simon Lelic, The Search Party:
  The superintendent pianoed his fingers on the surface of a nearby desk.
- 2021, Emilya Naymark, Hide in Place:
  Holly pianoed her fingers over her throat.
To equip with a piano.
- 1889, The Engineering Record, Building Record and Sanitary Engineer, page 128:
  Other buildings will also be erected and pianoed by the same architect.
- 1892, The Japan Daily Mail - Volume 18, page 772:
  A tabernacle has been built, burnt, rebuilt, electric lighted, organed, pianoed, and frequently filled — all during the last two years.

References

^ Meredith, L. P. (1872) “Piano”, in Every-Day Errors of Speech‎^[1], Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., page 35.

Etymology 2

From Italian piano.

Pronunciation

(General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /piˈɑnoʊ/, /piˈænoʊ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /piˈɑːnəʊ/

Adverb

piano (comparative more piano, superlative most piano)

(music) Softly, as a dynamic in a piece of music. [from 17th c.]
(abbreviation) p

Related terms

mezzo piano, mp
pianissimo, pp

Translations

music: softly

Chinese:
Mandarin: 輕柔地／轻柔地 (qīngróu de)
Finnish: piano (fi), hiljaa (fi)
German: piano (de)
Icelandic: veikur (is)
Irish: pianó
Italian: piano (it)
Japanese: ピアノ (ja) (piano)
Portuguese: piano (pt)
Romanian: piano (ro)
Russian: пиа́но (ru) (piáno)
Slovak: piano
Spanish: piano (es)

Adjective

piano (comparative more piano, superlative most piano)

(music) Soft, quiet.
(in extended use) Gentle, soft, subdued.
- 1817 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter XVIII, in Persuasion; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume IV, London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC:
  “Oh! yes, yes, there is not a word to be said against James Benwick […] that soft sort of manner does not do him justice.” […]
  “Well, well, ladies are the best judges; but James Benwick is rather too piano for me […] ”
- 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 160:
  ‘Tradecraft, Chris,’ Enderby put in, who liked his bit of jargon, and Martindale, still piano, shot him a glance of admiration.

Verb

piano (third-person singular simple present pianos, present participle pianoing, simple past and past participle pianoed)

To become softer and less intense.
- 1839, Rosina Doyle Bulwer afterwards Bulwer Lytton (Baroness Lytton.), Cheveley; Or, The Man of Honour, page 385:
  “You know, Mrs. Wrigglechops,” pianoed Miss Drucilla , even more meekly and mildly than before, "the ace is either one or eleven."
- 2000, David R. Beasley, Aspects of Love: Three novellas, page 83:
  His tone pianoed on intimacy.
- 2009, David Lau, Virgil and the Mountain Cat, page 61:
  A day pianoed, swelled acutest, pianoed.

Anagrams

NAIOP

Albanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /piˈanɔ/

Noun

piano f (plural piano, definite pianoja, definite plural pianot)

(music) piano

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic		пиано
Abjad

Etymology

Ultimately from Italian piano.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

piano (definite accusative pianonu, plural pianolar)

(music) piano

Declension

Declension of piano
	singular	plural
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
	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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [piˈa.nu]
IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [piˈa.no]
Audio: (file)

Noun

piano m (plural pianos)

(music) piano

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Italian piano.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpɪjano]
IPA^(key): [ˈpɪjaːno]
Hyphenation: pia‧no

Noun

piano n

(music) piano
Synonyms: klavír, klimpr

Declension

Declension of piano (hard neuter)

	singular	plural
nominative	piano	piana
genitive	piana	pian
dative	pianu	pianům
accusative	piano	piana
vocative	piano	piana
locative	pianě, pianu	pianech
instrumental	pianem	piany

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French piano, from Italian piano, shortening of pianoforte.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /piˈaːnoː/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: pi‧a‧no
Rhymes: -aːnoː

Noun

piano f or n (plural piano's, diminutive pianootje n)

(music) piano
Synonym: pianoforte

Derived terms

Esperanto

Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:

piano

Wikipedia ^eo

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [piˈano]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ano
Hyphenation: pi‧a‧no

Noun

piano (accusative singular pianon, plural pianoj, accusative plural pianojn)

(music) piano

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian piano.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpiɑno/, [ˈpiɑ̝no̞]
Rhymes: -iɑno
Hyphenation^(key): pia‧no

Noun

piano

(music) piano

Declension

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
accusative	gen.	pianon	pianot
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
abessive		pianotta	pianoitta
instructive		—	pianoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of piano (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		pianoni	pianoni
accusative	nom.	pianoni	pianoni
accusative	gen.	pianoni	pianoni
genitive		pianoni	pianojeni
partitive		pianoani	pianojani
inessive		pianossani	pianoissani
elative		pianostani	pianoistani
illative		pianooni	pianoihini
adessive		pianollani	pianoillani
ablative		pianoltani	pianoiltani
allative		pianolleni	pianoilleni
essive		pianonani	pianoinani
translative		pianokseni	pianoikseni
abessive		pianottani	pianoittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	pianoineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		pianosi	pianosi
accusative	nom.	pianosi	pianosi
accusative	gen.	pianosi	pianosi
genitive		pianosi	pianojesi
partitive		pianoasi	pianojasi
inessive		pianossasi	pianoissasi
elative		pianostasi	pianoistasi
illative		pianoosi	pianoihisi
adessive		pianollasi	pianoillasi
ablative		pianoltasi	pianoiltasi
allative		pianollesi	pianoillesi
essive		pianonasi	pianoinasi
translative		pianoksesi	pianoiksesi
abessive		pianottasi	pianoittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	pianoinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		pianomme	pianomme
accusative	nom.	pianomme	pianomme
accusative	gen.	pianomme	pianomme
genitive		pianomme	pianojemme
partitive		pianoamme	pianojamme
inessive		pianossamme	pianoissamme
elative		pianostamme	pianoistamme
illative		pianoomme	pianoihimme
adessive		pianollamme	pianoillamme
ablative		pianoltamme	pianoiltamme
allative		pianollemme	pianoillemme
essive		pianonamme	pianoinamme
translative		pianoksemme	pianoiksemme
abessive		pianottamme	pianoittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	pianoinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		pianonne	pianonne
accusative	nom.	pianonne	pianonne
accusative	gen.	pianonne	pianonne
genitive		pianonne	pianojenne
partitive		pianoanne	pianojanne
inessive		pianossanne	pianoissanne
elative		pianostanne	pianoistanne
illative		pianoonne	pianoihinne
adessive		pianollanne	pianoillanne
ablative		pianoltanne	pianoiltanne
allative		pianollenne	pianoillenne
essive		pianonanne	pianoinanne
translative		pianoksenne	pianoiksenne
abessive		pianottanne	pianoittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	pianoinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		pianonsa	pianonsa
accusative	nom.	pianonsa	pianonsa
accusative	gen.	pianonsa	pianonsa
genitive		pianonsa	pianojensa
partitive		pianoaan pianoansa	pianojaan pianojansa
inessive		pianossaan pianossansa	pianoissaan pianoissansa
elative		pianostaan pianostansa	pianoistaan pianoistansa
illative		pianoonsa	pianoihinsa
adessive		pianollaan pianollansa	pianoillaan pianoillansa
ablative		pianoltaan pianoltansa	pianoiltaan pianoiltansa
allative		pianolleen pianollensa	pianoilleen pianoillensa
essive		pianonaan pianonansa	pianoinaan pianoinansa
translative		pianokseen pianoksensa	pianoikseen pianoiksensa
abessive		pianottaan pianottansa	pianoittaan pianoittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	pianoineen pianoinensa

Derived terms

pianisti

compounds

Anagrams

apoin, paino, paoin, pinoa, ponia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian piano. Doublet of plain and plan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pja.no/
Audio: (file)

Noun

piano m (plural pianos)

(music) piano
Il joue du piano avec compétence.
He plays the piano competently.
- 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!

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Turkish: piyano

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin plānus. Compare Sicilian chianu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpja.no/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ano
Hyphenation: pià‧no

Adjective

piano (feminine piana, masculine plural piani, feminine plural piane, superlative pianissimo)

plane
flat, level
Synonym: piatto
plain
soft
Antonym: forte
penultimate accented

Derived terms

pianamente

Noun

piano m (plural piani)

plane
floor, storey (British), story (US) (of a building)
plan, tactic, stratagem, scheme, plot
(music) piano, as short for pianoforte

Synonyms

Adverb

piano (superlative pianissimo)

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Pio +‎ -ano.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /piˈa.no/
Rhymes: -ano
Hyphenation: pi‧à‧no

Adjective

piano (feminine piana, masculine plural piani, feminine plural piane)

(relational) of any of the popes named Pius; Pian
Ordine Piano ― Pian Order, Order of Pope Pius IX

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpi.a.no/
Rhymes: -iano
Hyphenation: pì‧a‧no

Verb

piano

third-person plural present indicative of piare (“to chirp, to cheep”)

Anagrams

opina, paion

Japanese

Romanization

piano

Rōmaji transcription of ピアノ

Malay

Noun

piano (Jawi spelling ڤيانو, plural piano-piano, informal 1st possessive pianoku, 2nd possessive pianomu, 3rd possessive pianonya)

piano

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English piano, short form of pianoforte, from Italian pianoforte, from piano (“soft”) + forte (“strong”). The Italian word piano is from Latin plānus, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-.

Pronunciation

(phonetic) IPA^(key): [pʲiɑːnʲɔ], (enunciated) [pʲiɑ nʲɔ]
(phonemic) IPA^(key): /pʲijæɰnʲɛw/
Bender phonemes: {piyahnew}

Noun

piano (construct form pianoin)

a piano

Verb

piano (person noun ri-piano)

to play the piano

References

Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English piano and French piano.

Noun

piano m (plural pianos)

(Jersey, music) piano

Derived terms

pianiste (“pianist”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

piano

Wikipedia ^no

Noun

piano n (definite singular pianoet, indefinite plural piano or pianoer, definite plural pianoa or pianoene)

(music) piano

Related terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

piano

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Noun

piano n (definite singular pianoet, indefinite plural piano, definite plural pianoa)

(music) piano

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Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpja.nɔ/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -anɔ
Syllabification: pia‧no

Noun

piano f

vocative singular of piana

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian piano,^[1] short form of pianoforte. Doublet of plano, chão, and porão.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈɐ̃.nu/ [pɪˈɐ̃.nu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈɐ.no/ [pɪˈɐ.no]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpjɐ.nu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpja.nu/

Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnu, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nu
Hyphenation: pi‧a‧no

Adjective

piano

piano

Adverb

piano

(music) piano, soft
(music) piano, slowly

Noun

piano m (plural pianos)

(music) piano

Derived terms

pianista

Descendants

→ Hunsrik: Piano

References

^ “piano”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian piano.

Adverb

piano

piano

Slovak

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpianɔ/

Adverb

piano

musical directive to play softly

Noun

piano n (genitive singular piana, nominative plural pianá, genitive plural pián, declension pattern of mesto)

(music) piano
Synonym: klavír
a very soft sound

Declension

Declension of piano

	singular	plural
nominative	piano	pianá
genitive	piana	pián
dative	pianu	pianám
accusative	piano	pianá
locative	piane	pianách
instrumental	pianom	pianami

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of pianoforte, from Italian pianoforte.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpjano/ [ˈpja.no]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -ano
Syllabification: pia‧no

Noun

piano m (plural pianos)

(music) piano

Derived terms

Related terms

pianista

Descendants

→ Tagalog: piyano
→ Waray-Waray: piyano

Swahili

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

piano

Wikipedia ^sw

Etymology

Borrowed from English piano.

Noun

piano (n class, plural piano)

piano

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

piano

Wikipedia ^sv

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpjɑːnʊ/
Audio: (file)

Adverb

piano (not comparable)

(music) piano

Noun

piano n

(music) a piano
Hypernym: klaver (“keyboard instrument”)

Declension

Declension of piano

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	piano	pianos
singular	definite	pianot	pianots
plural	indefinite	pianon	pianons
plural	definite	pianona	pianonas

Derived terms

References

Veps

Etymology

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Noun

piano

(music) piano

Inflection

Inflection of piano (inflection type 1/ilo)
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	pianoho	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	pianohosai	pianoihesai
terminative II	pianolesai	pianoilesai
terminative III	pianossai	—

additive I	pianohopäi	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]‎^[3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English piano.

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpjano/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈpja(ː)no/
Rhymes: -ano

Noun

piano f (plural pianoau or pianos)

(music) piano, pianoforte

Mutation

Mutated forms of *piano*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
piano	biano	mhiano	phiano

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “piano”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[1] Meredith, L. P. (1872) “Piano”, in Every-Day Errors of Speech‎^[1], Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., page 35.

[2] “piano”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

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piano

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

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Verb

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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Adverb

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Adjective

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Albanian

Pronunciation

Noun

Azerbaijani

Etymology

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Noun

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

Czech

Etymology

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Noun

Declension

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

Noun

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Finnish

Etymology

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Noun

Declension

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Further reading

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French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

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Descendants

Further reading

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Adjective

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See also

Noun

Synonyms

Adverb

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Further reading

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Adjective

Etymology 3

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Verb

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

Malay