clavier

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French clavier (“keyboard”), from Latin clavis (“key”).

Pronunciation

Noun

clavier (plural claviers)

  1. (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)

  1. keyboard (of a computer)
  2. keyboard (musical instrument)
  3. (archaic) keyring
  4. (slang) mouth, teeth

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