pianiste
French, noun/pja.nist/
pianiste is spelled P-I-A-N-I-S-T-E (8 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written French, the 11,729th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pianiste is a French feminine noun meaning “pianist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne atteinte du pian”.
What does pianiste mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Atteint du pian. 2. Relatif au pian.
noun: 1. Personne atteinte du pian.
noun: 1. Personne qui fait profession de jouer du piano, ou qui, n’étant qu’amatrice, en joue avec plus ou moins de talent. 2. Radiotélégraphiste qui faisait partie de la Résistance pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pianiste
- pianistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pianiste?
- /pja.nist/
- \pja.nist\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pianiste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pianiste in French?
pianiste appears 4.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).