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piano — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • piano noun A large keyboard instrument in which pressing keys causes hammers to strike strings, producing sound.

Senses

piano is used for these senses in English:

  • piano (music) Softly, as a dynamic in a piece of music. [from 17th c.]
  • piano (musical instruments) 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]

piano — full definition

  1. noun A large keyboard instrument in which pressing keys causes hammers to strike strings, producing sound.
  2. adv Quietly; a musical direction meaning to play softly.
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