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pianoforte(dictionary)

pianoforte (iou)



pianoforte noun. M18.
[Italian, earlier pian(o) e forte lit. 'soft and loud' (with ref. to its capacity for gradation of tone). Cf. FORTE-PIANO.]
= PIANO noun2 1.
pianofortist noun (rare) a pianist M19.