Meanings
nounpianoforte (plural pianofortes or pianoforti)
plural pianofortes · plural pianoforti · alternative piano-forte · alternative piano-forté
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
Similar
pianoforte-piano
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
- Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₂nós
- Proto-Italic*plānos
- Latinplānus
- Italianpiano
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰerǵʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰer-?
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰerǵʰ-
- Proto-Italic*forktis
- Old Latinforctis
- Latinfortis
- Italianforte
- Italianpianoforte
- Englishpianoforte
Borrowed from Italian pianoforte.
More words from Italian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech břinkotruhla, klapkobřinkostroj
- břinkotruhlaPiano
- klapkobřinkostrojPiano
Finnish pianoforte
- pianofortePiano
Icelandic slagharpa, píanó
- slagharpaPiano
- píanóPiano
- fortepíanóPiano
Japanese ピアノフォルテ
- ピアノフォルテ (pianoforute)Piano
Korean 피아노포르테
- 피아노포르테 (pianoporeute)Piano
Lithuanian fortepijonas
- fortepijonasPiano
Persian پیانو فورته
- پیانو فورته (piâno forte)Piano
Russian фортепиа́но
- фортепиа́но (fortɛpiáno)Piano
Welsh piano, perdoneg
- pianoPiano
- perdonegPiano
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
pianoforte. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pianoforte
MLA
“pianoforte.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pianoforte. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pianoforte,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pianoforte.
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