piano
French, noun/pja.no/
piano is spelled P-I-A-N-O (5 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written French, the 4,136th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Piano is a French masculine noun meaning “piano” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Instrument de musique à clavier, à cordes frappées”.
What does piano mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepiano
Il joue du piano avec compétence.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrument de musique à clavier, à cordes frappées. 2. Activité musicale qui utilise un piano. 3. Partie d’un morceau de musique joué doucement. 4. Grand fourneau situé dans la cuisine d’un restaurant ou d’une grande maison, généralement dans le milieu de la pièce.
adverb: 1. Doucement. 2. Doucement.
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 piano
- pianos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce piano?
- /pja.no/
- \pja.no\
- \pja.lɔ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to piano
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is piano in French?
piano appears 18 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).