Piano

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.

Synonyms

 * pianoforte

Derived terms

 * electric piano
 * grand piano
 * pianola
 * pianist


 * piano accordion
 * piano player
 * player piano

Adjective



 * 1)  Soft. Used as a dynamic directive in 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.

Related terms

 * mezzo piano
 * mp
 * pianissimo
 * pp

Adjectives for Piano
grimy; little; tinkling; mechanical; grand; untuned; hideous.

Verbs
attune to—; bang on—; beat—; caress—; finger—; instruct on—; perform on—; pound—; practice on—; scale—; strike—; strum on—; —deafens; —distracts; —enchants; —expresses; —peals; —rends; —resounds; —tinkles

Thesaurus
Klavier, Steinway, a cappella, a la sourdine, abbandono, accrescendo, adagietto, adagio, affettuoso, agilmente, agitato, allegretto, allegro, amabile, amoroso, andante, andantino, appassionatamente, appassionato, baby grand, barely audible, brillante, capriccioso, cembalo, clarichord, clavicembalo, clavichord, clavicittern, clavicymbal, clavicytherium, clavier, con affetto, con agilita, con agitazione, con amore, concert grand, cottage piano, couched harp, crescendo, decrescendo, dim, diminuendo, dimly, distant, dolce, dulcimer harpsichord, faint, faint-voiced, faintly, feeble, feebly, forte, fortissimo, gentle, gently, grand, grand piano, half-heard, hammer dulcimer, harmonichord, harpsichord, hushedly, indistinct, lamentabile, larghetto, larghissimo, largo, legato, leggiero, low, manichord, manichordon, marcando, melodion, melopiano, monochord, morendo, murmured, pair of virginals, parlando, parlor grand, pianette, pianino, pianissimo, piano-violin, pianoforte, pizzicato, prestissimo, presto, rallentando, ritardando, ritenuto, scarcely heard, scherzando, scherzo, scherzoso, soft, soft-sounding, soft-voiced, softly, sordamente, sordo, sostinente pianoforte, sotto voce, spiccato, spinet, square piano, staccato, stretto, subaudible, subdued, subduedly, tremolando, tremoloso, trillando, unclear, upright, upright piano, violin piano, virginal, weak, weak-voiced, weakly, whispered

Etymology
Short form of pianoforte, from piano: + forte:. So named because older keyboard instruments, notably the harpsichord and the clavier, could not produce varied volumes.

Noun

 * Arabic: بيانو
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: фартэпіяна
 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian: пиано
 * Catalan: piano
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 鋼琴, 钢琴
 * Czech:, piáno
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Greenlandic:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: पियानो
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:, , fortepíanó
 * Irish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: clavile


 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Lojban:
 * Macedonian: пијано,
 * Nahuatl:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: پیانو
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , фортепиано
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: kinanda, piano
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: پیانو
 * Volapük: pianod

Adjective

 * German:
 * Icelandic:, , veikt
 * Portuguese:


 * Russian: пиано
 * Slovak:

Noun

 * 1) piano

Noun

 * 1) piano

Noun

 * 1) piano

Noun

 * 1) piano

Derived terms

 * konserttipiano
 * pianisti
 * pianomusiikki
 * pianotuoli

Anagrams

 * apoin, paino, paoin, pinoa, ponia

Noun

 * 1) piano

Adjective

 * 1) plane
 * 2) plain, soft
 * 3) penultimate accented

Noun

 * 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

Etymology
From planus.

Anagrams

 * opina

Noun

 * 1)  piano

Noun

 * 1) piano

Adjective

 * 1) piano

Adverb

 * 1)  piano, soft
 * 2)  piano, slowly

Noun

 * 1) piano

Related terms

 * pianista

Adverb

 * 1) musical directive to play softly

Noun

 * 1) piano

Noun

 * 1) a piano