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piano
1[ pee-an-oh, pyan-oh ]
noun
- 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
- soft; subdued.
adverb
- softly. : p, p.
Piano
1/ ˈɑԴ /
noun
- 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)
piano
2/ ɪˈæəʊ /
noun
- 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
piano
3/ ˈɑːəʊ /
adjective
- music (to be performed) softly p
piano
- A musical direction meaning “to be performed softly”; the opposite of forte . As the name of a musical instrument, it is short for pianoforte .
Word History and Origins
Origin of piano1
Word History and Origins
Origin of piano1
Origin of piano2
Example Sentences
The court heard the father-of-three, whose previous clubs include Huddersfield Town and Burton Albion, had been driving his daughter to a piano lesson when the crash took place.
Martire learned piano at a young age and began composing at 15.
Harrison: Quite often, we’ll be described as illusionists, which are performers in the same way a pianist plays the piano.
Kajoba said his parents pushed him academically, but he spent a lot of his youth learning to play piano, violin and the harp while enjoying after school and weekend drama clubs.
Young Arthur hasn’t got any musical chops, but whenever they come over he goes straight to the grand piano and he’s looking for cool stuff on there.
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