different between synth vs piano

English

Etymology

Shortened from synthesizer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?n?/
• Rhymes: -?n?

Noun

synth (plural synths)

1. (slang) A musical synthesizer.

Verb

synth (third-person singular simple present synths, present participle synthing, simple past and past participle synthed)

1. (slang) To play on a musical synthesizer.
   • 1991, Theater Week (volume 4, page 38)

     Les Miserables couldn't tour the road circuit affordably today if Seann Alderking hadn't reduced its pit-people requirements by masterfully synthing large portions of its sound, and with a range of sonic effects that makes Svengali sound like something played on a nursery xylophone.

   • 1995, Jazz Times (volume 25, issues 1-5)

     There's some synthing, but mostly real strings and horns. And a remarkable acoustic piano solo, "Jacqueline," in memory of the modern sophisticated lady.

English

Etymology 1

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

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /pi?æno?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /pi?æn??/

Noun

piano (plural pianos or piani)

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

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

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

piano (comparative more piano, superlative most piano)

1. (music) soft, quiet
2. in extended use; quiet, subdued
   • 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.

Etymology 2

From Italian piano.

Pronunciation

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /pi??no?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /pi???n??/

Adverb

piano (not comparable)

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

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• piano on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• NAIOP

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi?an?/

Noun

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

1. (music) piano

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Ultimately from Italian piano.

Noun

piano (definite accusative pianonu, plural pianolar)

1. (music) piano

Declension

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /pi?a.no/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /pi?a.nu/

Noun

piano m (plural pianos)

1. (music) piano

Czech

Etymology

From Italian piano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p?jano], [?p?ja?no]
• Hyphenation: pia?no

Noun

piano n

1. (music) piano

   Synonyms: klavír, klimpr

Declension

Further reading

• piano in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• piano in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi?a?no?/
• Hyphenation: pi?a?no
• Rhymes: -a?no?

Noun

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

1. (music) piano

   Synonym: pianoforte

Derived terms

• pianobouwer
• pianoles
• pianospel

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi?ano/
• Hyphenation: pi?a?no
• Rhymes: -ano
• Audio:

Noun

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

1. (music) piano

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian piano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pi?no/, [?pi?no?]
• Rhymes: -i?no
• Syllabification: pi?a?no

Noun

piano

1. (music) piano

Declension

Derived terms

• pianisti

Compounds

Anagrams

• apoin, paino, paoin, pinoa, ponia

French

Etymology

From Italian piano. Doublet of plain and plan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pja.no/

Noun

piano m (plural pianos)

1. (music) piano

   • 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

• piano à queue
• piano droit

Further reading

• “piano” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pl?nus, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pja.no/

Adjective

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

1. plane
2. flat, level

   Synonym: piatto

3. plain
4. soft

   Antonym: forte

5. penultimate accented

See also

• levigato
• liscio

Noun

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

• progetto
• proposito

Adverb

piano (superlative pianissimo)

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

Related terms

Further reading

• 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

Anagrams

• opina

Japanese

Romanization

piano

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Marshallese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [p?i??n??], (enunciated) [p?i? n??]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /p?ijæ?n??w/
• Bender phonemes: {piyahnew}

Noun

piano (construct form pianoin)

1. a piano

Verb

piano (person noun ri-piano)

1. to play the piano

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English piano and French piano.

Noun

piano m (plural pianos)

1. (Jersey, music) piano

Derived terms

• pianiste (“pianist”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

1. (music) piano

Related terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

1. (music) piano

Related terms

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?a.n?/

Noun

piano f

1. vocative singular of piana

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian piano, short form of pianoforte.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?pj.?.nu/
• Hyphenation: pi?a?no

Adjective

piano

1. piano

Adverb

piano (comparative mais piano superlative o mais piano)

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

Noun

piano m (plural pianos)

1. (music) piano

Related terms

• pianista

Descendants

• ? Hunsrik: Piano

References

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pian?/

Adverb

piano

1. musical directive to play softly

Noun

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

1. (music) piano

   Synonym: klavír

2. a very soft sound

Declension

Further reading

• piano in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of pianoforte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pjano/, [?pja.no]
• Rhymes: -ano

Noun

piano m (plural pianos)

1. (music) piano

Derived terms

Related terms

• pianista

Descendants

• ? Tagalog: piyano
• ? Waray-Waray: piyano

Further reading

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

piano n

1. (music) piano

Declension

See also

• ta det piano
• flygel

Veps

Etymology

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Noun

piano

1. (music) piano

Inflection

References

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