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piano

1

[ pee-an-oh, pyan-oh ]

noun

, plural pi·an·os.
  1. a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.


piano

2

[ pee-ah-noh; Italian pyah-naw ]

adjective

  1. soft; subdued.

adverb

  1. softly. : p, p.

Piano

1

/ pjˈɑno /

noun

  1. PianoRenzo1937MItalianARCHITECTURE: architect Renzo. born 1937, Italian architect; buildings include the Pompidou Centre, Paris (1977; with Richard Rogers), the Potsdamer Platz redevelopment, Berlin (1998), and The Shard, London (2012)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


piano

2

/ ˈpjɑːnəʊ /

adjective

  1. music (to be performed) softly p
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piano

3

/ pɪˈænəʊ /

noun

  1. a musical stringed instrument resembling a harp set in a vertical or horizontal frame, played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike the strings and produce audible vibrations See also grand piano upright piano
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piano

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of piano1

First recorded in 1795–1805; short for pianoforte

Origin of piano2

1675–85; < Italian: soft, low (of sounds), plain, flat < Latin plānus plain 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of piano1

C17: from Italian, from Latin plānus flat; see plain 1

Origin of piano2

C19: short for pianoforte
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Example Sentences

When cords snapped and the piano fell, those same keys could still be played, but they were now out of tune.

Rogers gave piano lessons to beginners as well as to more experienced musicians.

He described himself as “making revolution all over the place, falling in and out of love all the time, drinking and playing bridge” until he settled into serious study of the piano.

In October, New Yorker food writer Helen Rosner tweeted about a McDonald’s commercial that’s been lodged in her brain since childhood, this one featuring a girl at a music recital who’s thinking about McDonald’s instead of the piano.

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They’re also saving $1,500 a month on child care and several hundred dollars a month on piano lessons and taekwondo classes for their older children.

I sat down at the living room piano and started playing this.

On piano was legendary session man Billy Preston, who co-wrote and recorded the original version one year before Cocker's.

Seth, Joe, and [Anthony] Mackie reenacting the scene from BIG on the floor piano at FAO Schwartz with KANYE WEST.

A department store piano melody plays in the background while he admires everything he can see.

When you left the piano for the Fender Rhodes and various synthesizers and came back to it, did it affect the way you play piano?

He really seems to care almost nothing for his piano-playing or for his piano compositions.

A splendid grand piano stands in one window (he receives a new one every year).

At an early hour in the evening the Farival twins were prevailed upon to play the piano.

The very first chords which Mademoiselle Reisz struck upon the piano sent a keen tremor down Mrs. Pontellier's spinal column.

She sat perfectly still before the piano, not touching the keys, while Robert carried her message to Edna at the window.

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