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English
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Pronunciation
(US)
*IPA|/�pjæno�/
*SAMPA|/"pj{noU/

Etymology
Short form of pianoforte, from Italian piano#Italian|piano (soft) + forte (strong). So named because older keyboard instruments, notably the harpsichord and the clavier, could not produce varied volumes.

Noun
Image:Piano.jpg|thumb|right|A [[baby grand piano|100px]]
en-noun

1. A keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings.

Usage notes
Piano is now the usual term for the musical instrument. Pianoforte is old-fashioned.

Synonyms
pianoforte italbrac|dated

Derived terms

electric piano
grand piano
pianola
mid
pianist
piano player
player piano

Translations

Arabic: ARchar|ب�ا�� (biy�no) m
Bosnian: klavir m
Chinese: zh-ts|��|�� (g�ngqín)
Czech: piáno n
Danish: klaver n
Dutch: piano m
Esperanto: piano
Finnish: piano
French: piano#French|piano m
German: Klavier n, Piano n
Greek: �ιάνο (pçáno) n, κλειδοκ�μβαλο (kliðocímvalo) n
Hebrew: פסנתר m (psanter, after an unknown musical instrument mentioned in the w:book of Daniel|book of Daniel)
Hungarian: zongora
Icelandic: píanó n, slagharpa f, fortepíanó n
Irish: pianó m
Italian: pianoforte m, piano m
mid
Japanese: ��� (piano)
Korean: ��� (piano)
Latin: clavile n
Latvian: klavieres g|Latvian
Norwegian: #Norwegian|piano n
Polish: pianino n
Portuguese: #Portuguese|piano m
Romanian: pian n
Russian: пианино (pianíno) n, �о�л� (rojál�) m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: клави� m
:Roman: klavir#Serbian|klavir m
Slovak: klavír#Slovak|klavír m
Slovene: klavir m
Spanish: piano m
Swedish: #Swedish|piano n
Thai: Thai|��ีย�� (piano)
Turkish: piyano

See also
cembalo
clavier
harpsichord
organ
synthesizer, synth

Adjective
piano

1. music soft|Soft. Used as a w:Dynamics (music)|dynamic directive in w:sheet music|sheet music in its abbreviated form, {p.}, to indicate lowering the volume of the music. In the pianoforte this is done by pressing the instrument's keys more lightly.

Translations

German: piano#German|piano
Icelandic: veikur m, veik f, veikt n
:(it is most often used in neuter; i.e. veikt)
:: Spilaðu lagið veikt. — Play the song piano.
mid
Portuguese: #Portuguese|piano
Slovak: piano#Slovak|piano

Related terms
mezzo-piano
mp
pianissimo

Category:Musical instruments

Dutch

Noun
piano m

1. piano

Esperanto

Noun
eo-noun

1. piano

Finnish

(Wiktionary:Finnish_index_p|index P)

Noun
piano

1. piano

French

Pronunciation
IPA|/pja.n�/
SAMPA|/pja.nO/

Noun
fr-noun|m

1. #English|piano

Italian

Etymology
Latin planus

Adjective
it-adj|pian

1. plane
2. plain, soft
3. penultimate accented

Noun
it-noun|pian|m|o|i

1. plane
2. floor, storey (British), story (US: of a building)
3. plan
4. piano (musical instrument)

Synonyms
progetto
proposito

Adverb
piano

1. slowly
2. carefully

Related terms
piana
pianificazione
pianista
pianola
piano piano / pian piano

Japanese

Noun
ja-noun|r|kata���|hidx���''

1. piano

Norwegian

Noun
no-noun-n4

1. #English|piano

Portuguese

Adjective
piano

1. #English|piano.

Noun
piano m

1. #English|piano.

Related terms
top2
pianista
mid2

Category:Portuguese adjectives
Category:Portuguese nouns

Slovak

Adverb
:piano m

1. musical directive to play softly

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