fortepiano

== English == === Etymology === From Italian fortepiano, from forte (“loud”) + piano (“soft”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌfɔːteɪ.piˈænoʊ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌfoɹ.teɪ.piˈænoʊ/ === Noun === fortepiano (plural fortepianos or (archaic, rare) fortepianoes) A keyboard instrument; the smaller, quieter precursor to the pianoforte. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === fortepiano on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === piano-forte, pianoforte == Finnish == === Etymology === From Italian fortepiano. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfort(ː)eˌpiɑno/, [ˈfo̞rt̪(ː)e̞ˌpiɑ̝no̞] Rhymes: -iɑno Syllabification(key): for‧te‧pi‧a‧no Hyphenation(key): forte‧pia‧no === Noun === fortepiano (music) fortepiano ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “fortepiano”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == Italian == === Noun === fortepiano m (plural fortepiani) fortepiano ==== Derived terms ==== fortepianista ==== Descendants ==== → English: fortepiano → Finnish: fortepiano → Lithuanian: fortepijonas → Spanish: fortepiano → Swedish: fortepiano → Veps: fortepiano === Anagrams === pianoforte == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian fortepiano. First attested in 1786. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /foɾteˈpjano/ [foɾ.t̪eˈpja.no] Rhymes: -ano Syllabification: for‧te‧pia‧no === Noun === fortepiano m (plural fortepianos) (music) fortepiano [from late-18th c.] === Further reading === “fortepiano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “fortepiano”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2013, →ISSN == Swedish == === Adverb === fortepiano (not comparable) (music) fortepiano, forte piano (loudly then immediately softly (as a direction)) Synonym: fp === Noun === fortepiano n (music) a fortepiano (keyboard instrument) Synonym: hammarklaver ==== Declension ==== === References === “fortepiano”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “fortepiano”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “fortepiano”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Veps == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === fortepiano fortepiano ==== Inflection ==== === References === Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “фортепьяно”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika