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noun
A piano.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: piano, forte-piano
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: keyboard instrument, percussion instrument, percussive instrument, stringed instrument
Narrower terms: grand piano, grand, mechanical piano, Pianola, player piano, upright, upright piano
History
Etymology tree Italian piano Proto-Indo-European *bherǵh- Proto-Indo-European *dher-? Proto-Indo-European *dherǵh- Proto-Italic *forktis Latin forctis Latin fortis Italian forte Italian pianofortebor. English pianoforte Borrowed from Italian pianoforte.
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
