Etymology of the word piano

English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Short form 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, and plane.

Pronunciation[edit]

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /piˈænoʊ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /piˈænəʊ/
• (obsolete, nonstandard) IPA^(key): /paɪˈænoʊ/^[1]

Noun[edit]

piano (plural pianos)

1. (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 [from 1803]

   Synonym: (dated) pianoforte

   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.

   Coordinate terms: cembalo, clavichord, fortepiano, harpsichord, organ, synthesizer, synth

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

piano (third-person singular simple present pianos, present participle pianoing, simple past and past participle pianoed)

1. To play the piano.

   • 1967, Harry F. Chaplin, A McCrae Miscellany, page 41:

     Anyhow I pianoed to my own ear, and had no thought at that time for an audience.

   • 1978, Bertha Harris, Confessions of Cherubino, page 96:

     Who comforted me with Madeleines and lime tea, with whipped cream in my cocoa in far off Ann Arbor while others selfishly fiddled, bassooned, pianoed only for their own ugly self-advancement!

   • 2008, John Gruen, Callas Kissed Me…Lenny Too!, page 138:

     John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, Arnold Weinstein, and others came to the house, taping their poems as I pianoed and zithered and drummed away.

   • 2020, Becky Manawatu, Auē, page 139:

     We guitared and drummed and head banged and pianoed.

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

   • 2013, Ann Blair Kloman, A Diamond to Die For, page 29:

     He just stared at her, leaned back in his chair and pianoed his fingers along the tablecloth.

   • 2017, Kim Michele Richardson, The Sisters of Glass Ferry:

     “Jean, it ain’t right how you separated those two,” he said, and pianoed the little coffin with his fingers, tapping out his grievance.

   • 2020, Simon Lelic, The Search Party:

     The superintendent pianoed his fingers on the surface of a nearby desk.

   • 2021, Emilya Naymark, Hide in Place:

     Holly pianoed her fingers over her throat.

3. To equip with a piano.

   • 1889, The Engineering Record, Building Record and Sanitary Engineer, page 128:

     Other buildings will also be erected and pianoed by the same architect.

   • 1892, The Japan Daily Mail — Volume 18, page 772:

     A tabernacle has been built, burnt, rebuilt, electric lighted, organed, pianoed, and frequently filled — all during the last two years.

References[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Italian piano.

Pronunciation[edit]

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /piˈɑnoʊ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /piˈɑːnəʊ/

Adverb[edit]

piano (not comparable)

1. (music) softly, as a musical direction (abbreviated to p. in sheet music) [from 17th c.]

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Translations[edit]

Adjective[edit]

piano (comparative more piano, superlative most piano)

1. (music) Soft, quiet.
2. (in extended use) Gentle, soft, subdued.

   • 1817 December​, [Jane Austen], chapter XVIII, in Persuasion; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume IV, London: John Murray, […], 1818, →OCLC:

     “Oh! yes, yes, there is not a word to be said against James Benwick […] that soft sort of manner does not do him justice.” […]
     “Well, well, ladies are the best judges; but James Benwick is rather too piano for me […] ”

   • 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, page 160:

     ‘Tradecraft, Chris,’ Enderby put in, who liked his bit of jargon, and Martindale, still piano, shot him a glance of admiration.

Verb[edit]

piano (third-person singular simple present pianos, present participle pianoing, simple past and past participle pianoed)

1. To become softer and less intense.

   • 1839, Rosina Doyle Bulwer afterwards Bulwer Lytton (Baroness Lytton.), Cheveley; Or, The Man of Honour, page 385:

     “You know, Mrs. Wrigglechops,” pianoed Miss Drucilla , even more meekly and mildly than before, «the ace is either one or eleven.»

   • 2000, David R. Beasley, Aspects of Love: Three novellas, page 83:

     His tone pianoed on intimacy.

   • 2009, David Lau, Virgil and the Mountain Cat, page 61:

     A day pianoed, swelled acutest, pianoed.

Further reading[edit]

• piano on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams[edit]

• NAIOP

Albanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /piˈanɔ/

Noun[edit]

piano f (indefinite plural piano, definite singular pianoja, definite plural pianot)

1. (music) piano

Azerbaijani[edit]

Other scripts

Cyrillic	пиано
Perso-Arabic

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Italian piano.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

piano (definite accusative pianonu, plural pianolar)

1. (music) piano

Declension[edit]

Declension of piano
	singular	plural
nominative	piano	pianolar
definite accusative	pianonu	pianoları
dative	pianoya	pianolara
locative	pianoda	pianolarda
ablative	pianodan	pianolardan
definite genitive	pianonun	pianoların

Possessive forms of piano
	nominative
singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	pianom	pianolarım
sənin (“your”)	pianon	pianoların
onun (“his/her/its”)	pianosu	pianoları
bizim (“our”)	pianomuz	pianolarımız
sizin (“your”)	pianonuz	pianolarınız
onların (“their”)	pianosu or pianoları	pianoları
	accusative
singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	pianomu	pianolarımı
sənin (“your”)	pianonu	pianolarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	pianosunu	pianolarını
bizim (“our”)	pianomuzu	pianolarımızı
sizin (“your”)	pianonuzu	pianolarınızı
onların (“their”)	pianosunu or pianolarını	pianolarını
	dative
singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	pianoma	pianolarıma
sənin (“your”)	pianona	pianolarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	pianosuna	pianolarına
bizim (“our”)	pianomuza	pianolarımıza
sizin (“your”)	pianonuza	pianolarınıza
onların (“their”)	pianosuna or pianolarına	pianolarına
	locative
singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	pianomda	pianolarımda
sənin (“your”)	pianonda	pianolarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	pianosunda	pianolarında
bizim (“our”)	pianomuzda	pianolarımızda
sizin (“your”)	pianonuzda	pianolarınızda
onların (“their”)	pianosunda or pianolarında	pianolarında
	ablative
singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	pianomdan	pianolarımdan
sənin (“your”)	pianondan	pianolarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	pianosundan	pianolarından
bizim (“our”)	pianomuzdan	pianolarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	pianonuzdan	pianolarınızdan
onların (“their”)	pianosundan or pianolarından	pianolarından
	genitive
singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	pianomun	pianolarımın
sənin (“your”)	pianonun	pianolarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	pianosunun	pianolarının
bizim (“our”)	pianomuzun	pianolarımızın
sizin (“your”)	pianonuzun	pianolarınızın
onların (“their”)	pianosunun or pianolarının	pianolarının

Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /piˈa.no/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /piˈa.nu/

Noun[edit]

piano m (plural pianos)

1. (music) piano

Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from Italian piano.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɪjano], [ˈpɪjaːno]
• Hyphenation: pia‧no

Noun[edit]

piano n

1. (music) piano

   Synonyms: klavír, klimpr

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• piano in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• piano in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French piano, from Italian piano, shortening of pianoforte.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /piˈaːnoː/
• Hyphenation: pi‧a‧no
• Rhymes: -aːnoː

Noun[edit]

piano f or n (plural piano’s, diminutive pianootje n)

1. (music) piano

   Synonym: pianoforte

Derived terms[edit]

• pianobouwer
• pianoles
• pianospel

Esperanto[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): [piˈano]
• Audio:
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: pi‧a‧no

Noun[edit]

piano (accusative singular pianon, plural pianoj, accusative plural pianojn)

1. (music) piano

Derived terms[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Italian piano.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiɑno/, [ˈpiɑno̞]
• Rhymes: -iɑno
• Syllabification^(key): pi‧a‧no

Noun[edit]

piano

1. (music) piano

Declension[edit]

Inflection of piano (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative	piano	pianot
genitive	pianon	pianojen
partitive	pianoa	pianoja
illative	pianoon	pianoihin
	singular	plural
nominative	piano	pianot
accusative	nom.	piano	pianot
gen.	pianon
genitive	pianon	pianojen
partitive	pianoa	pianoja
inessive	pianossa	pianoissa
elative	pianosta	pianoista
illative	pianoon	pianoihin
adessive	pianolla	pianoilla
ablative	pianolta	pianoilta
allative	pianolle	pianoille
essive	pianona	pianoina
translative	pianoksi	pianoiksi
instructive	—	pianoin
abessive	pianotta	pianoitta
comitative	See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of piano (type valo)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pianoni pianoni accusative nom. pianoni pianoni gen. pianoni genitive pianoni pianojeni partitive pianoani pianojani inessive pianossani pianoissani elative pianostani pianoistani illative pianooni pianoihini adessive pianollani pianoillani ablative pianoltani pianoiltani allative pianolleni pianoilleni essive pianonani pianoinani translative pianokseni pianoikseni instructive — — abessive pianottani pianoittani comitative — pianoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative pianosi pianosi accusative nom. pianosi pianosi gen. pianosi genitive pianosi pianojesi partitive pianoasi pianojasi inessive pianossasi pianoissasi elative pianostasi pianoistasi illative pianoosi pianoihisi adessive pianollasi pianoillasi ablative pianoltasi pianoiltasi allative pianollesi pianoillesi essive pianonasi pianoinasi translative pianoksesi pianoiksesi instructive — — abessive pianottasi pianoittasi comitative — pianoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pianomme pianomme accusative nom. pianomme pianomme gen. pianomme genitive pianomme pianojemme partitive pianoamme pianojamme inessive pianossamme pianoissamme elative pianostamme pianoistamme illative pianoomme pianoihimme adessive pianollamme pianoillamme ablative pianoltamme pianoiltamme allative pianollemme pianoillemme essive pianonamme pianoinamme translative pianoksemme pianoiksemme instructive — — abessive pianottamme pianoittamme comitative — pianoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative pianonne pianonne accusative nom. pianonne pianonne gen. pianonne genitive pianonne pianojenne partitive pianoanne pianojanne inessive pianossanne pianoissanne elative pianostanne pianoistanne illative pianoonne pianoihinne adessive pianollanne pianoillanne ablative pianoltanne pianoiltanne allative pianollenne pianoillenne essive pianonanne pianoinanne translative pianoksenne pianoiksenne instructive — — abessive pianottanne pianoittanne comitative — pianoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative pianonsa pianonsa accusative nom. pianonsa pianonsa gen. pianonsa genitive pianonsa pianojensa partitive pianoaan pianoansa pianojaan pianojansa inessive pianossaan pianossansa pianoissaan pianoissansa elative pianostaan pianostansa pianoistaan pianoistansa illative pianoonsa pianoihinsa adessive pianollaan pianollansa pianoillaan pianoillansa ablative pianoltaan pianoltansa pianoiltaan pianoiltansa allative pianolleen pianollensa pianoilleen pianoillensa essive pianonaan pianonansa pianoinaan pianoinansa translative pianokseen pianoksensa pianoikseen pianoiksensa instructive — — abessive pianottaan pianottansa pianoittaan pianoittansa comitative — pianoineen pianoinensa

Derived terms[edit]

• pianisti

Compounds[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

• apoin, paino, paoin, pinoa, ponia

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Italian piano. Doublet of plain and plan.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /pja.no/

Noun[edit]

piano m (plural pianos)

1. (music) piano

   Il joue du piano avec compétence.

   He plays the piano competently.

   • 1986, “Il était une fois … une maison des musiciens [There Once Was… a House of Musicians]”, in Il était une fois … une petite grenouille [There Once Was… a Little Frog] (fiction), Paris: CLE International:

     Je n’aime pas le piano. Je préfère le football.
     Hein ! Quoi ! Et tu me dis ça à moi, le grand professeur Trompette ? Tiens ! Répète ta leçon cinq fois ! Non, dix fois !
     Je déteste le piano !

     I don’t like the piano. I like football more.
     Huh? What? And you’re telling that to me, the great professor Trumpet? Alright then! Repeat what you’ve learned five times! No, ten times!
     I hate the piano!

Derived terms[edit]

• piano à queue
• piano droit

Further reading[edit]

• “piano”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin plānus, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈpja.no/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: pià‧no

Adjective[edit]

piano (feminine piana, masculine plural piani, feminine plural piane, superlative pianissimo)

1. plane
2. flat, level

   Synonym: piatto

3. plain
4. soft

   Antonym: forte

5. penultimate accented

Derived terms[edit]

• pianamente

See also[edit]

• levigato
• liscio

Noun[edit]

piano m (plural piani)

1. plane
2. floor, storey (British), story (US) (of a building)
3. plan, tactic, stratagem, scheme, plot
4. (music) piano, as short for pianoforte

Synonyms[edit]

• progetto
• proposito

Adverb[edit]

piano (superlative pianissimo)

1. slowly
2. carefully
3. (music) piano

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Further reading[edit]

• piano¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana
• piano² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana
• piano³ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2[edit]

From Pio +‎ -ano.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /piˈa.no/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: pi‧à‧no

Adjective[edit]

piano (feminine piana, masculine plural piani, feminine plural piane)

1. (relational) of any of the popes named Pius; Pian

   Ordine Piano ― Pian Order, Order of Pope Pius IX

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.a.no/
• Rhymes: -iano
• Hyphenation: pì‧a‧no

Verb[edit]

piano

1. third-person plural present indicative of piare (“to chirp, to cheep”)

Anagrams[edit]

• opina, paion

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

piano

1. Rōmaji transcription of ピアノ

Malay[edit]

Noun[edit]

piano (Jawi spelling ڤيانو‎, plural piano—piano, informal 1st possessive pianoku, 2nd possessive pianomu, 3rd possessive pianonya)

1. piano

Further reading[edit]

• “piano” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Marshallese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English piano, short form of pianoforte, from Italian pianoforte, from piano (“soft”) + forte (“strong”). The Italian word piano is from Latin plānus, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-.

Pronunciation[edit]

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [pʲiɑːnʲɔ], (enunciated) [pʲiɑ nʲɔ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pʲijæɰnʲɛw/
• Bender phonemes: {piyahnew}

Noun[edit]

piano (construct form pianoin)

1. a piano

Verb[edit]

piano (person noun ri-piano)

1. to play the piano

References[edit]

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Norman[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English piano and French piano.

Noun[edit]

piano m (plural pianos)

1. (Jersey, music) piano

Derived terms[edit]

• pianiste (“pianist”)

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Noun[edit]

piano n (definite singular pianoet, indefinite plural piano or pianoer, definite plural pianoa or pianoene)

1. (music) piano

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

piano n (definite singular pianoet, indefinite plural piano, definite plural pianoa)

1. (music) piano

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Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈpja.nɔ/
• Rhymes: -anɔ
• Syllabification: pia‧no

Noun[edit]

piano f

1. vocative singular of piana

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian piano,^[1] short form of pianoforte. Doublet of plano, chão, and porão.

Pronunciation[edit]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnu, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nu
• Hyphenation: pi‧a‧no

Adjective[edit]

piano

1. piano

Adverb[edit]

piano

1. (music) piano, soft
2. (music) piano, slowly

Noun[edit]

piano m (plural pianos)

1. (music) piano

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• pianista

Descendants[edit]

• → Hunsrik: Piano

References[edit]

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from Italian piano.

Adverb[edit]

piano

1. piano

Slovak[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈpianɔ/

Adverb[edit]

piano

1. musical directive to play softly

Noun[edit]

piano n (genitive singular piana, nominative plural pianá, genitive plural pián, declension pattern of mesto)

1. (music) piano

   Synonym: klavír

2. a very soft sound

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• piano in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Clipping of pianoforte.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈpjano/ [ˈpja.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: pia‧no

Noun[edit]

piano m (plural pianos)

1. (music) piano

Derived terms[edit]

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Descendants[edit]

• → Tagalog: piyano
• → Waray-Waray: piyano

Further reading[edit]

• “piano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

piano n

1. (music) piano

Declension[edit]

Declension of piano
	Singular	Plural
Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	piano	pianot	pianon	pianona
Genitive	pianos	pianots	pianons	pianonas

See also[edit]

• ta det piano
• flygel

Veps[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

piano

1. (music) piano

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of piano (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	piano
genitive sing.	pianon
partitive sing.	pianod
partitive plur.	pianoid
	singular	plural
nominative	piano	pianod
accusative	pianon	pianod
genitive	pianon	pianoiden
partitive	pianod	pianoid
essive-instructive	pianon	pianoin
translative	pianoks	pianoikš
inessive	pianos	pianoiš
elative	pianospäi	pianoišpäi
illative	pianoho	pianoihe
adessive	pianol	pianoil
ablative	pianolpäi	pianoilpäi
allative	pianole	pianoile
abessive	pianota	pianoita
comitative	pianonke	pianoidenke
prolative	pianodme	pianoidme
approximative I	pianonno	pianoidenno
approximative II	pianonnoks	pianoidennoks
egressive	pianonnopäi	pianoidennopäi
terminative I	pianohosai	pianoihesai
terminative II	pianolesai	pianoilesai
terminative III	pianossai	—
additive I	pianohopäi	pianoihepäi
additive II	pianolepäi	pianoilepäi

References[edit]

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “пианино”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

As a dictionary, our beat is words, not the history of musical instruments. But in the case of the word piano, we must start with the object itself.

We begin at the dawn of the 18th century. Wigs are big, and the harpsichord is the darling of the European musical world. It’s written for by all the best composers and played at all the best parties. (According to Encyclopedia Britannica, it also has the fabulous distinction of possibly having its origin in devices invented by medical astrologers to investigate the effects of cosmic musical harmonies on the human body. So.) If you had to be a musical instrument in 1700 the harpsichord would be the one to pick. Unless you knew what was coming.

It turns out not everyone thought harpsichords were the bee’s knees. Bartolomeo Cristofori, an Italian living in Florence, didn’t like the fact that no matter how gently or forcefully you pressed the keys of the harpsichord the result was basically the same: a mechanism would pluck the strings inside and the notes would sound at a uniform volume and for a uniform length of time. You just couldn’t achieve fine gradations of loudness or sustain a note. And if you can’t achieve fine gradations of loudness or sustain notes, well, you just can’t emote, man.

Cristofori knew there had to be a better way. By 1709 he had an invention that was like the harpsichord but that could actually respond to some serious banging. There was no insipid plucking of strings as by an assemblage of tiny angels beset by ennui. In Cristofori’s creation the strings were instead struck by hammers, as if an army of wee Thors were mustered and ready to smite or, if need be, merely tap.

However brilliant Cristofori was, it cannot be said that branding was in his skill set. He called his new instrument gravicembalo col piano e forte, that is, «harpsichord with soft and loud.» The name was forgettable enough that the earliest known pieces written expressly for the instrument were identified by the composer as being for the cembal di piano e forte detto volgarmente di martelletti: «the soft and loud harpsichord commonly called the one with little hammers.» Oh right, that one.

The instrument was not held back by its unwieldy and derivative name, however. It was in a few short decades being produced all over Europe, and with its popularity came some pruning of lexical excess, with everyone agreeing to drop the part about the tired old harpsichord and just keep the exciting «soft and loud» bit. Piano e forte eventually led to piano in the English language by the 1770s. The word was in musical spheres already a familiar one: piano has been used in English as a direction in music to mean «at a soft volume» since the late 17th century. Of course, forte too was already a word in its own right, having the meaning «at a loud volume.» We don’t know why, other than Cristofori’s mentioning it first, it was the instrument’s capacity for soft sounds that took primacy. Maybe everybody at those harpsichord parties had been wishing all along that the thing would tone it down already.

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пианино

Пиани́но. Заимствовано из итальянского языка, где оно было произведено суффиксальным способом от французского piano (pianoforte, попавшее в русский язык с составляющими, переставленными местами). В названии этого музыкального инструмента использованы музыкальные термины piano — «тихо и нежно» и forte — «громко и мужественно». На пианино (в отличие от другого клавишного инструмента — клавесина) можно было играть как тихо (piano), так и громко (forte).

Происхождение слова пианино в этимологическом онлайн-словаре Крылова Г. А.

Пиани́но. Заимств. во второй половине XIX в. из итал. яз., где оно является суф. производным от франц. piano < pianoforte (ср. фортепьяно с обратным расположением компонентов). Музыкальный инструмент был назван так потому, что — в отличие от клавесина — на нем можно было играть и piano «тихо, нежно», и forte «громко и мужественно».

Происхождение слова пианино в этимологическом онлайн-словаре Шанского Н. М.

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