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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French clavier (“keyboard”), from Latin clavis (“key”).
Pronunciation
Noun
clavier (plural claviers)
- (music) The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium.
1870, A Description of the Grand Organ in the Town Hall, Leeds:[…] play certain of the stops in octaves to each other, while merely touching single notes on the clavier
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References
“clavier”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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French
Etymology
Formed from the root of Latin clāvis (whence French clef), with the suffix -ier. Cf. also Medieval Latin clāvārius.
Pronunciation
Noun
clavier m (plural claviers)
- keyboard (of a computer)
- keyboard (musical instrument)
- (archaic) keyring
- (slang) mouth, teeth
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