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pi·an·o1

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–noun, plural -an·os.

a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.

Compare baby grand, concert grand, grand piano, spinet, square piano, upright piano.

[Origin: 1795–1805; short for pianoforte

]

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pi·a·no2

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–adjective

1.	soft; subdued.

–adverb

2.	softly. Abbreviation: p, p.

[Origin: 1675–85; < It: soft, low (of sounds), plain, flat < L plānus plain¹

]

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pi·an·o¹ Audio Help (pē-ān'ō, pyān'ō) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. pi·an·os
A musical instrument with a manual keyboard actuating hammers that strike wire strings, producing sounds that may be softened or sustained by means of pedals.

[Italian, short for pianoforte; see pianoforte.]

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pi·a·no² Audio Help   (pē-ä'nō, pyä'-) Pronunciation Key
adv.   & adj. Abbr. p
In a soft or quiet tone. Used chiefly as a direction.

n.   pl. pi·a·nos
A passage to be played softly or quietly.

[Italian, from Late Latin plānus, smooth, graceful, from Latin, flat; see pelə-² in Indo-European roots.]

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piano (n.)

1803, from Fr. piano, It. piano, shortened forms of pianoforte (q.v.). As an adv., "softly," in musical directions (superl. pianissimo), attested from 1683. Pianist is recorded from 1839, from Fr. pianiste, from It. pianista.

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piano
adjective
1.	used chiefly as a direction or description in music; "the piano passages in the composition" [ant: forte]
adverb
1.	used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly [ant: forte]
noun
1.	a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
2.	(music) low loudness

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piano [piˈӕnəu] noun — plural piˈanos

a large musical instrument played by pressing keys which make hammers strike stretched wires
Example: She plays the piano very well; (also adjective) piano music

Arabic:	بيانو: آلة موسيقيه
Chinese (Simplified):	钢琴
Chinese (Traditional):	鋼琴
Czech:	(na) klavír; klavírní
Danish:	klaver; klaver-
Dutch:	piano
Estonian:	klaver, klaveri-
Finnish:	piano
French:	(de) piano
German:	das Klavier, Klavier-…
Greek:	πιάνο
Hungarian:	zongora

Icelandic:	píanó
Italian:	piano, pianoforte
Japanese:	ピアノ
Lithuanian:	fortepijonas, pianinas
Polish:	fortepian, pianino
Portuguese (Brazil):	piano
Portuguese (Portugal):	piano
Romanian:	(de) pian
Russian:	фортепиано
Spanish:	piano
Swedish:	piano
Turkish:	piyano

See also: grand piano, pianist, pianoforte, piano-accordion

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piano

A musical direction meaning “to be performed softly”; the opposite of forte. As the name of a musical instrument, it is short for pianoforte.

[Chapter:] Fine Arts

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Piano

Pi`a*ni"no\, n. [It., dim. of piano, adj. See Piano.] (Mus.) A pianette, or small piano.

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Piano

Pi*a"no\, a. & adv. [It., even, smooth, soft, fr. L. planus even, level.] (Mus.) Soft; -- a direction to the performer to execute a certain passage softly, and with diminished volume of tone. (Abbrev. p.)

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