Phrase guide

grand piano

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɡɹændˈpjænəʊ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A large piano in which the strings are strung horizontally in a heavy frame shaped like a harp.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: grand

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: piano, pianoforte, forte-piano

Narrower terms: baby grand, baby grand piano, parlor grand, parlor grand piano, parlour grand, parlour grand piano, concert grand, concert piano

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: рая́ль (rajálʹ) — type of piano
  • Bulgarian: роя́л (rojál) — type of piano
  • Catalan: piano de cua — type of piano
  • Chinese Mandarin: 三角鋼琴 /三角钢琴 (sānjiǎo gāngqín) — type of piano
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大鋼琴 /大钢琴 (dàgāngqín) — type of piano
  • Chinese Mandarin: 三角琴 (sānjiǎoqín) — type of piano
  • Czech: křídlo — type of piano
  • Danish: flygel — type of piano
  • Dutch: vleugelpiano — type of piano
  • Dutch: vleugel — type of piano
  • Esperanto: pianego — type of piano
  • Finnish: flyygeli — type of piano
  • French: piano à queue — type of piano
  • German: Flügel — type of piano
  • Greek: πιάνο με ουρά (piáno me ourá) — type of piano
  • Greenlandic: flygeli — type of piano
  • Hungarian: hangversenyzongora — type of piano
  • Icelandic: flygill — type of piano
  • Icelandic: slagharpa — type of piano
  • Irish: mórphianó — type of piano
  • Italian: pianoforte a coda — type of piano
  • Japanese: グランドピアノ — type of piano
  • Northern Kurdish: piyanoya mezin — type of piano
  • Lithuanian: rojalis — type of piano
  • Norwegian Bokmål: flygel — type of piano
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: flygel — type of piano
  • Persian: پیانوی بزرگ — type of piano
  • Polish: fortepian — type of piano
  • Portuguese: piano de cauda — type of piano
  • Russian: роя́ль (rojálʹ) — type of piano
  • Serbo-Croatian: klavir — type of piano
  • Lower Sorbian: kśidło — type of piano
  • Spanish: piano de cola — type of piano
  • Swedish: flygel — type of piano
  • Turkish: kuyruklu piyano — type of piano
  • Ukrainian: роя́ль (rojálʹ) — type of piano
  • Volapük: göbapianod — type of piano