fortepiano
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Fortepiano by Paul McNulty after Walter & Sohn, c. 1805
English
Etymology
From Italian fortepiano, from forte (“loud”) + piano (“soft”).
Noun
fortepiano (plural fortepianos or (archaic, rare) fortepianoes)
- A keyboard instrument; the smaller, quieter precursor to the pianoforte.
Further reading
fortepiano on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
From Italian fortepiano.
Pronunciation
Noun
fortepiano
Declension
| Inflection of fortepiano (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | fortepiano | fortepianot | |
| genitive | fortepianon | fortepianojen fortepianoiden fortepianoitten | |
| partitive | fortepianoa | fortepianoja fortepianoita | |
| illative | fortepianoon | fortepianoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | fortepiano | fortepianot | |
| accusative | nom. | fortepiano | fortepianot |
| gen. | fortepianon | ||
| genitive | fortepianon | fortepianojen fortepianoiden fortepianoitten | |
| partitive | fortepianoa | fortepianoja fortepianoita | |
| inessive | fortepianossa | fortepianoissa | |
| elative | fortepianosta | fortepianoista | |
| illative | fortepianoon | fortepianoihin | |
| adessive | fortepianolla | fortepianoilla | |
| ablative | fortepianolta | fortepianoilta | |
| allative | fortepianolle | fortepianoille | |
| essive | fortepianona | fortepianoina | |
| translative | fortepianoksi | fortepianoiksi | |
| abessive | fortepianotta | fortepianoitta | |
| instructive | — | fortepianoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “fortepiano”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Italian
Noun
fortepiano m (plural fortepiani)
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Swedish
Adverb
fortepiano (not comparable)
- (music) fortepiano, forte piano (loudly then immediately softly (as a direction))
- Synonym: fp
Noun
fortepiano n
- (music) a fortepiano (keyboard instrument)
- Synonym: hammarklaver
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | fortepiano | fortepianos |
| definite | fortepianot | fortepianots | |
| plural | indefinite | fortepianon | fortepianons |
| definite | fortepianona | fortepianonas |
References
- fortepiano in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- fortepiano in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- fortepiano in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Veps
Etymology
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Noun
fortepiano
Inflection
| Inflection of fortepiano (inflection type 1/ilo) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | fortepiano | ||
| genitive sing. | fortepianon | ||
| partitive sing. | fortepianod | ||
| partitive plur. | fortepianoid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | fortepiano | fortepianod | |
| accusative | fortepianon | fortepianod | |
| genitive | fortepianon | fortepianoiden | |
| partitive | fortepianod | fortepianoid | |
| essive-instructive | fortepianon | fortepianoin | |
| translative | fortepianoks | fortepianoikš | |
| inessive | fortepianos | fortepianoiš | |
| elative | fortepianospäi | fortepianoišpäi | |
| illative | fortepianoho | fortepianoihe | |
| adessive | fortepianol | fortepianoil | |
| ablative | fortepianolpäi | fortepianoilpäi | |
| allative | fortepianole | fortepianoile | |
| abessive | fortepianota | fortepianoita | |
| comitative | fortepianonke | fortepianoidenke | |
| prolative | fortepianodme | fortepianoidme | |
| approximative I | fortepianonno | fortepianoidenno | |
| approximative II | fortepianonnoks | fortepianoidennoks | |
| egressive | fortepianonnopäi | fortepianoidennopäi | |
| terminative I | fortepianohosai | fortepianoihesai | |
| terminative II | fortepianolesai | fortepianoilesai | |
| terminative III | fortepianossai | — | |
| additive I | fortepianohopäi | fortepianoihepäi | |
| additive II | fortepianolepäi | fortepianoilepäi | |
References
- Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “фортепьяно”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika