piano
English
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
Noun and Adjective
Adverb
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. [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 notation.
piano (not comparable)
- (music) Softly, as a musical direction (abbreviated to p. in sheet music). [from 17th c.]
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
Anagrams
Albanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piˈanɔ/
Noun
piano f (indefinite plural piano, definite singular pianoja, definite plural pianot)
Azerbaijani
| Other scripts | |
|---|---|
| Cyrillic | пиано |
| Roman | piano |
| Perso-Arabic | |
Etymology
Noun
piano (definite accusative pianonu, plural pianolar)
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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | pianolarının |
Catalan
Noun
piano m (plural pianos)
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piˈaːnoː/
audio (file)
Noun
piano c (plural piano's, diminutive pianootje n)
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piˈano/
- Hyphenation: pi‧a‧no
- Rhymes: -ano
Noun
piano (accusative singular pianon, plural pianoj, accusative plural pianojn)
Derived terms
Finnish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈpiɑno/
Noun
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 |
| 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
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pja.no/
audio (file)
Noun
piano m (plural pianos)
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
Audio (file)
Adjective
piano (feminine singular piana, masculine plural piani, feminine plural piane)
Antonyms
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
Japanese
Romanization
piano
Norman
Etymology
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
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
piano n (definite singular pianoet, indefinite plural piano, definite plural pianoa)
- a piano
Related terms
Portuguese
piano
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
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
Further reading
- piano in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpja̯.no/
Noun
piano m (plural pianos)
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
piano n
- a piano
Declension
| Declension of piano | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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