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pianoforte

Meaninglevel, smooth

Common meaning: the piano

Journey through time

  1. Latinplanus‘even, level’source
  2. Italianmeaning shiftseven, level → softpiano‘soft’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftssoft → the pianopianoforte‘the piano’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin planus ‘level, smooth’.

Roots

  • planus Latin “level, smooth”

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