piano as a noun: - 1
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piano
noun
1 piano
A keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds.
synonyms: forte-piano, pianoforte.
Roget 417:
musical instruments;
band;
string-band,
brass-band;
orchestra;
orchestrina†.
[Stringed instruments],
monochord†,
polychord†;
harp,
lyre,
lute,
archlute†;
mandola†,
mandolin,
mandoline†;
guitar;
zither;
cither†,
cithern†;
gittern†,
rebeck†,
bandurria†,
bandura,
banjo;
bina†,
vina†;
xanorphica†.
viol,
violin,
fiddle,
kit;
viola,
viola d'amore [Fr.],
viola di gamba [It];
tenor,
cremona,
violoncello,
bass;
bass viol,
base viol;
theorbo†,
double base,
contrabasso†,
violone†,
psaltery [Slang];
bow,
fiddlestick†.
piano,
pianoforte;
harpsichord,
clavichord,
clarichord†,
manichord†;
clavier,
spinet,
virginals,
dulcimer,
hurdy-gurdy,
vielle†,
pianino†,
Eolian harp.
[Wind instruments];
organ,
harmonium,
harmoniphon†;
American organ†,
barrel organ,
hand organ;
accordion,
seraphina†,
concertina;
humming top.
flute,
fife,
piccolo,
flageolet;
clarinet,
claronet†;
basset horn,
corno di bassetto [It],
oboe,
hautboy,
cor Anglais [Fr.],
corno Inglese†,
bassoon,
double bassoon,
contrafagotto†,
serpent,
bass clarinet;
bagpipes,
union pipes;
musette,
ocarina,
Pandean pipes;
reed instrument;
sirene†,
pipe,
pitch-pipe;
sourdet†;
whistle,
catcall;
doodlesack†,
harmoniphone†.
horn,
bugle,
cornet,
cornet-a-pistons,
cornopean†,
clarion,
trumpet,
trombone,
ophicleide†;
French horn,
saxophone,
sax [Slang],
buglehorn†,
saxhorn,
flugelhorn†,
althorn†,
helicanhorn†,
posthorn†;
sackbut,
euphonium,
bombardon tuba†.
[Vibrating surfaces]
cymbal,
bell,
gong;
tambour†,
tambourine,
tamborine†;
drum,
tom-tom;
tabor,
tabret†,
tabourine†,
taborin†;
side drum,
kettle drum;
timpani,
tympani†;
tymbal†,
timbrel†,
castanet,
bones;
musical glasses,
musical stones;
harmonica,
sounding-board,
rattle;
tam-tam,
zambomba†.
[Vibrating bars]
reed,
tuning fork,
triangle,
Jew's harp,
musical box,
harmonicon†,
xylophone.
sordine†,
sordet†;
sourdine†,
sourdet†;
mute.
(iv)
PERCEPTION OF SOUND
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Dutch: klavier, klavierinstrument, pianino, piano, pianoforte, tingeltangel
Polish: pianino
2 piano
adjective
1 piano
used chiefly as a direction or description in music Soft; in a quiet, subdued tone:
— The piano passages in the composition.
synonym: soft.
adverb
1 piano
Used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly.
synonym: softly.
Roget 405:
in a whisper,
with bated breath,
sotto voce [Lat.],
between the teeth,
aside;
piano,
pianissimo;
d la sourdine†;
out of earshot inaudibly
etc.
adj..
(ii)
SPECIFIC SOUNDS
Roget 275:
slowly
etc.
adj.;
leisurely;
piano,
adagio;
largo,
larghetto;
at half speed,
under easy sail;
at a foots pace,
at a snail's pace,
at a funeral pace;
in slow time,
with mincing steps,
with clipped wings;
haud passibus aequis [Lat.]
[Vergil].
gradually
etc.
adj.;
gradatim [Lat.];
by degrees,
by slow degrees,
by inches,
by little and little;
step by step,
one step at a time;
inch by inch,
bit by bit,
little by little,
seriatim;
consecutively.
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Roget 174:
moderately
etc.
adj.;
gingerly;
piano;
under easy sail,
at half speed;
within bounds,
within compass;
in reason.
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