piano

noun

(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.

A surname from Italian.

verb

To play the piano.

(of or with fingers) To move (the fingers) up and down on, similar to the motions of a pianist playing the piano.

To equip with a piano.

To become softer and less intense.

adjective

(music) Soft, quiet.

(in extended use) Gentle, soft, subdued.

adverb

(music) Softly, as a dynamic in a piece of music.

Roots

planuspian- · Latin · flat, level

Synonyms for piano

pianoforten pianette pianissimon cembalon clavicytherium claviern harpsichordn clavichordn clavicembalo spinetn

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The word piano breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root pian-, from Latin planus (“flat, level”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.