Noun: piano
| Singular | piano |
| Plural | pianos |
Sample Sentences
-
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.
-
Bukharin's examples illustrate the level of his reasoning, as when he tells us that the dependence of art on social conditions is proved by the fact that no one can play the piano if there are no pianos. [1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 61:]
Nouns inflected like piano
golding,
jacuzzi,
rhinocerot,
cloth,
piano,
toy piano,
fortepiano,
cestui,
tattoo,
prester,
Jew,
Etymology
Clipping 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, plane, and plan. See: Italian Nouns '
pianoforte'.
Verbs referencing "piano"
Irish Nouns
pianó, Zulu Nouns
ipiyano.