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单词 piano
释义

piano

See also: Piano, pianó, piáno, and píanó

English

Etymology 1

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. Doublet of llano, plain, and plane.

Pronunciation

  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /piˈænoʊ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /piˈænəʊ/
  • (obsolete, nonstandard) IPA(key): /paɪˈænoʊ/[1]
  • (file)

Noun

piano (plural pianos)

An upright piano
A grand piano
  1. (music) a percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings [from 1803]
    Synonym: (dated) pianoforte
    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.
    Coordinate terms: cembalo, clavichord, fortepiano, harpsichord, organ, synthesizer, synth
Derived terms
  • barrel piano
  • dumb piano
  • electric piano
  • finger piano
  • grand piano
  • pianist
  • piano accordion
  • pianoist
  • pianola
  • piano player
  • piano wire
  • player piano
  • square piano
  • thumb piano
  • upright piano
Translations

Verb

piano (third-person singular simple present pianos, present participle pianoing, simple past and past participle pianoed)

  1. To play the piano.
    • 1967, Harry F. Chaplin, A McCrae Miscellany, page 41:
      Anyhow I pianoed to my own ear, and had no thought at that time for an audience.
    • 1978, Bertha Harris, Confessions of Cherubino, page 96:
      Who comforted me with Madeleines and lime tea, with whipped cream in my cocoa in far off Ann Arbor while others selfishly fiddled, bassooned, pianoed only for their own ugly self-advancement!
    • 2008, John Gruen, Callas Kissed Me...Lenny Too!, page 138:
      John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, Arnold Weinstein, and others came to the house, taping their poems as I pianoed and zithered and drummed away.
    • 2020, Becky Manawatu, Auē, page 139:
      We guitared and drummed and head banged and pianoed.
  2. (of or with fingers) To move (the fingers) up and down on, similar to the motions of a pianist playing the piano.
    • 2013, Ann Blair Kloman, A Diamond to Die For, page 29:
      He just stared at her, leaned back in his chair and pianoed his fingers along the tablecloth.
    • 2017, Kim Michele Richardson, The Sisters of Glass Ferry:
      “Jean, it ain't right how you separated those two,” he said, and pianoed the little coffin with his fingers, tapping out his grievance.
    • 2020, Simon Lelic, The Search Party:
      The superintendent pianoed his fingers on the surface of a nearby desk.
    • 2021, Emilya Naymark, Hide in Place:
      Holly pianoed her fingers over her throat.
  3. To equip with a piano.
    • 1889, The Engineering Record, Building Record and Sanitary Engineer, page 128:
      Other buildings will also be erected and pianoed by the same architect.
    • 1892, The Japan Daily Mail - Volume 18, page 772:
      A tabernacle has been built, burnt, rebuilt, electric lighted, organed, pianoed, and frequently filled — all during the last two years.

References

  1. Meredith, L. P. (1872), Piano”, in Every-Day Errors of Speech, Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott & Co., page 35.

Etymology 2

From Italian piano.

Pronunciation

  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /piˈɑnoʊ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /piˈɑːnəʊ/

Adverb

Piano notation.

piano (not comparable)

  1. (music) softly, as a musical direction (abbreviated to p. in sheet music) [from 17th c.]
  • mezzo piano, mp
  • niente, n
  • pianissimo, pp
Translations

Adjective

piano (comparative more piano, superlative most piano)

  1. (music) Soft, quiet.
  2. (in extended use) Gentle, soft, subdued.
    • 1817 December, [Jane Austen], chapter XVIII, in Persuasion; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. [], volume IV, London: John Murray, [], 1818, OCLC 318384910:
      “Oh! yes, yes, there is not a word to be said against James Benwick [] that soft sort of manner does not do him justice.” []
      “Well, well, ladies are the best judges; but James Benwick is rather too piano for me []
    • 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, page 160:
      Tradecraft, Chris,’ Enderby put in, who liked his bit of jargon, and Martindale, still piano, shot him a glance of admiration.

Verb

piano (third-person singular simple present pianos, present participle pianoing, simple past and past participle pianoed)

  1. To become softer and less intense.
    • 1839, Rosina Doyle Bulwer afterwards Bulwer Lytton (Baroness Lytton.), Cheveley; Or, The Man of Honour, page 385:
      “You know, Mrs. Wrigglechops,” pianoed Miss Drucilla , even more meekly and mildly than before, "the ace is either one or eleven."
    • 2000, David R. Beasley, Aspects of Love: Three novellas, page 83:
      His tone pianoed on intimacy.
    • 2009, David Lau, Virgil and the Mountain Cat, page 61:
      A day pianoed, swelled acutest, pianoed.

Further reading

  • piano on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • NAIOP

Albanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piˈanɔ/

Noun

piano f (indefinite plural piano, definite singular pianoja, definite plural pianot)

  1. (music) piano

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillicпиано
Perso-Arabic

Etymology

Ultimately from Italian piano.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

piano (definite accusative pianonu, plural pianolar)

  1. (music) piano

Declension

    Declension of piano
singularplural
nominativepiano
pianolar
definite accusativepianonu
pianoları
dativepianoya
pianolara
locativepianoda
pianolarda
ablativepianodan
pianolardan
definite genitivepianonun
pianoların
    Possessive forms of piano
nominative
singularplural
mənim (my)pianompianolarım
sənin (your)pianonpianoların
onun (his/her/its)pianosupianoları
bizim (our)pianomuzpianolarımız
sizin (your)pianonuzpianolarınız
onların (their)pianosu or pianolarıpianoları
accusative
singularplural
mənim (my)pianomupianolarımı
sənin (your)pianonupianolarını
onun (his/her/its)pianosunupianolarını
bizim (our)pianomuzupianolarımızı
sizin (your)pianonuzupianolarınızı
onların (their)pianosunu or pianolarınıpianolarını
dative
singularplural
mənim (my)pianomapianolarıma
sənin (your)pianonapianolarına
onun (his/her/its)pianosunapianolarına
bizim (our)pianomuzapianolarımıza
sizin (your)pianonuzapianolarınıza
onların (their)pianosuna or pianolarınapianolarına
locative
singularplural
mənim (my)pianomdapianolarımda
sənin (your)pianondapianolarında
onun (his/her/its)pianosundapianolarında
bizim (our)pianomuzdapianolarımızda
sizin (your)pianonuzdapianolarınızda
onların (their)pianosunda or pianolarındapianolarında
ablative
singularplural
mənim (my)pianomdanpianolarımdan
sənin (your)pianondanpianolarından
onun (his/her/its)pianosundanpianolarından
bizim (our)pianomuzdanpianolarımızdan
sizin (your)pianonuzdanpianolarınızdan
onların (their)pianosundan or pianolarındanpianolarından
genitive
singularplural
mənim (my)pianomunpianolarımın
sənin (your)pianonunpianolarının
onun (his/her/its)pianosununpianolarının
bizim (our)pianomuzunpianolarımızın
sizin (your)pianonuzunpianolarınızın
onların (their)pianosunun or pianolarınınpianolarının

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /piˈa.no/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /piˈa.nu/
  • (file)

Noun

piano m (plural pianos)

  1. (music) piano

Czech

Etymology

From Italian piano.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɪjano], [ˈpɪjaːno]
  • Hyphenation: pia‧no

Noun

piano n

  1. (music) piano
    Synonyms: klavír, klimpr

Declension

Further reading

  • piano in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • piano in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French piano, from Italian piano, shortening of pianoforte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piˈaːnoː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: pi‧a‧no
  • Rhymes: -aːnoː

Noun

piano f or n (plural piano's, diminutive pianootje n)

  1. (music) piano
    Synonym: pianoforte

Derived terms

  • pianobouwer
  • pianoles
  • pianospel

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [piˈano]
  • Audio:
    (file)
  • Rhymes: -ano
  • Hyphenation: pi‧a‧no

Noun

piano (accusative singular pianon, plural pianoj, accusative plural pianojn)

  1. (music) piano

Derived terms

  • pianistino
  • pianisto

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian piano.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpiɑno/, [ˈpiɑno̞]
  • Rhymes: -iɑno
  • Syllabification(key): pi‧a‧no

Noun

piano

  1. (music) piano

Declension

Inflection of piano (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominativepianopianot
genitivepianonpianojen
partitivepianoapianoja
illativepianoonpianoihin
singularplural
nominativepianopianot
accusativenom.pianopianot
gen.pianon
genitivepianonpianojen
partitivepianoapianoja
inessivepianossapianoissa
elativepianostapianoista
illativepianoonpianoihin
adessivepianollapianoilla
ablativepianoltapianoilta
allativepianollepianoille
essivepianonapianoina
translativepianoksipianoiksi
instructivepianoin
abessivepianottapianoitta
comitativepianoineen
Possessive forms of piano (type valo)
possessorsingularplural
1st personpianonipianomme
2nd personpianosipianonne
3rd personpianonsa

Derived terms

  • pianisti

Compounds

  • konserttipiano
  • pianohaitari
  • pianoharmonikka
  • pianokappale
  • pianokonsertti
  • pianokonsertto
  • pianokoulu
  • pianokvartetti
  • pianokvartetto
  • pianokvintetti
  • pianokvintetto
  • pianomusiikki
  • pianonkieli
  • piano-oppilas
  • pianosolisti
  • pianosonaatti
  • pianosoolo
  • pianosovitus
  • pianosävellys
  • pianoteos
  • pianotrio
  • pianotunti
  • pianotuoli
  • sähköpiano
  • taffelipiano

Anagrams

  • apoin, paino, paoin, pinoa, ponia

French

Etymology

From Italian piano. Doublet of plain and plan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pja.no/
  • (file)

Noun

piano m (plural pianos)

  1. (music) piano
    Il joue du piano avec compétence.
    He plays the piano competently.
    • 1986, “Il était une fois … une maison des musiciens [There Once Was… a House of Musicians]”, in Il était une fois … une petite grenouille [There Once Was… a Little Frog] (fiction), Paris: CLE International:
      Je n’aime pas le piano. Je préfère le football.
      Hein ! Quoi ! Et tu me dis ça à moi, le grand professeur Trompette ? Tiens ! Répète ta leçon cinq fois ! Non, dix fois !
      Je déteste le piano !
      I don’t like the piano. I like football more.
      Huh? What? And you’re telling that to me, the great professor Trumpet? Alright then! Repeat what you’ve learned five times! No, ten times!
      I hate the piano!

Derived terms

  • piano à queue
  • piano droit

Further reading

  • piano”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin plānus, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpja.no/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ano
  • Hyphenation: pià‧no

Adjective

piano (feminine piana, masculine plural piani, feminine plural piane, superlative pianissimo)

  1. plane
  2. flat, level
    Synonym: piatto
  3. plain
  4. soft
    Antonym: forte
  5. penultimate accented
Derived terms
  • pianamente
See also
  • levigato
  • liscio

Noun

piano m (plural piani)

  1. plane
  2. floor, storey(British), story(US) (of a building)
  3. plan, tactic, stratagem, scheme, plot
  4. (music) piano, as short for pianoforte
Synonyms
  • progetto
  • proposito

Adverb

piano (superlative pianissimo)

  1. slowly
  2. carefully
  3. (music) piano
  • piana
  • pianificazione
  • pianista
  • pianola
  • piano piano/ pian piano

Further reading

  • piano1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • piano2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • piano3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

From Pio + -ano.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piˈa.no/
  • Rhymes: -ano
  • Hyphenation: pi‧à‧no

Adjective

piano (feminine piana, masculine plural piani, feminine plural piane)

  1. (relational) of any of the popes named Pius; Pian
    Ordine PianoPian Order, Order of Pope Pius IX

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpi.a.no/
  • Rhymes: -iano
  • Hyphenation: pì‧a‧no

Verb

piano

  1. third-person plural present indicative of piare (to chirp, to cheep)

Anagrams

  • opina, paion

Japanese

Romanization

piano

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ピアノ

Malay

Noun

piano (Jawi spelling ڤيانو, plural piano-piano, informal 1st possessive pianoku, 2nd possessive pianomu, 3rd possessive pianonya)

  1. piano

Further reading

  • piano” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English piano, short form of pianoforte, from Italian pianoforte, from piano (soft) + forte (strong). The Italian word piano is from Latin plānus, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-.

Pronunciation

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [pʲiɑːnʲɔ], (enunciated) [pʲiɑ nʲɔ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /pʲijæɰnʲɛw/
  • Bender phonemes: {piyahnew}

Noun

piano (construct form pianoin)

  1. a piano

Verb

piano (person noun ri-piano)

  1. to play the piano

References

  • Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English piano and French piano.

Noun

piano m (plural pianos)

  1. (Jersey, music) piano

Derived terms

  • pianiste (pianist)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

piano n (definite singular pianoet, indefinite plural piano or pianoer, definite plural pianoa or pianoene)

  1. (music) piano
  • flygel
  • klaver

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

piano n (definite singular pianoet, indefinite plural piano, definite plural pianoa)

  1. (music) piano
  • flygel
  • klaver

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpja.nɔ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -anɔ
  • Syllabification: pia‧no

Noun

piano f

  1. vocative singular of piana

Portuguese

piano

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian piano,[1] short form of pianoforte. Doublet of plano, chão, and porão.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /piˈɐ̃.nu/ [pɪˈɐ̃.nu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /piˈɐ.no/ [pɪˈɐ.no]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpjɐ.nu/

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnu, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nu
  • Hyphenation: pi‧a‧no

Adjective

piano

  1. piano

Adverb

piano

  1. (music) piano, soft
  2. (music) piano, slowly

Noun

piano m (plural pianos)

  1. (music) piano
  • pianista

Descendants

  • Hunsrik: Piano

References

  1. piano” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian piano.

Adverb

piano

  1. piano

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpianɔ/

Adverb

piano

  1. musical directive to play softly

Noun

piano m (genitive singular piana, nominative plural pianá, genitive plural pián, declension pattern of mesto)

  1. (music) piano
    Synonym: klavír
  2. a very soft sound

Declension

Further reading

  • piano in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of pianoforte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpjano/ [ˈpja.no]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ano
  • Syllabification: pia‧no

Noun

piano m (plural pianos)

  1. (music) piano

Derived terms

  • piano de cola
  • piano de media cola
  • piano eléctrica
  • pianista

Descendants

  • Tagalog: piyano
  • Waray-Waray: piyano

Further reading

  • piano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

piano n

  1. (music) piano

Declension

Declension of piano 
SingularPlural
IndefiniteDefiniteIndefiniteDefinite
Nominativepianopianotpianonpianona
Genitivepianospianotspianonspianonas

See also

  • ta det piano
  • flygel

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

piano

  1. (music) piano

Inflection

Inflection of piano (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.piano
genitive sing.pianon
partitive sing.pianod
partitive plur.pianoid
singularplural
nominativepianopianod
accusativepianonpianod
genitivepianonpianoiden
partitivepianodpianoid
essive-instructivepianonpianoin
translativepianokspianoikš
inessivepianospianoiš
elativepianospäipianoišpäi
illativepianohopianoihe
adessivepianolpianoil
ablativepianolpäipianoilpäi
allativepianolepianoile
abessivepianotapianoita
comitativepianonkepianoidenke
prolativepianodmepianoidme
approximative Ipianonnopianoidenno
approximative IIpianonnokspianoidennoks
egressivepianonnopäipianoidennopäi
terminative Ipianohosaipianoihesai
terminative IIpianolesaipianoilesai
terminative IIIpianossai
additive Ipianohopäipianoihepäi
additive IIpianolepäipianoilepäi

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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