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Grammar : Noun
Spell : pee-an-oh, pyan-oh
Phonetic Transcription : piˈæn oʊ, ˈpyæn oʊ

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Définition of piano

Origin :
  • 1803, from French piano (18c.), Italian piano, shortened forms of pianoforte (q.v.). As an adverb, "softly," in musical directions (superlative pianissimo), attested from 1680s. Piano wire attested from 1831.
  • noun musical instrument
Example sentences :
  • He took the song from his pocket, and smoothed it out before her on the piano.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • She moved out the day I furnished the rooms upstairs and got the piano.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • She sat down at the piano and played a tune that was popular at the time—I do not remember what.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • The violin and piano are excellent, but on some accounts the hand-organ is the best of all.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
  • But in this hole that we are in, there's no room fitting for my piano.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Somebody played something on the piano, and this was, in a way, a respite for John.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • I exclaimed, "Do you think it possible a mouse can be in the piano?"
  • Extract from : « St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. » by Various
  • It was not a very long “trial” that he gave me; we soon rose from the piano.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • This was the progress the piano of today had made in the thirteenth century.
  • Extract from : « How the Piano Came to Be » by Ellye Howell Glover
  • He did not take kindly to the piano which was about to supplant his beloved clavichord.
  • Extract from : « How the Piano Came to Be » by Ellye Howell Glover

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