pianist
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Frau am Klavier, Renoir (1875)
See also: Pianist
English
Etymology
From French pianiste, from Italian pianista. Analyzable as piano + -ist.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpi.ənɪst/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈpi.ənɪst/, /piˈænɪst/
- Rhymes: (US, Canada) -ænɪst
- Hyphenation: pi‧a‧nist
Noun
pianist (plural pianists)
- (music) A person who plays the piano, particularly with skill or as part of an orchestra.
- By the time she became the world's greatest pianist, she had already practised for thousands of hours on her prized piano.
- 1987, Gordon H Bower, The psychology of learning and motivation: advances in research and theory:
- Table IV shows that the pianists were significantly better on both motor and perceptual timing than the nonpianists.
- 2010 April 19, Ben Ratliff, “A Mischievous Convergence of Past and Present Jazz”, in The New York Times:
- The pianist was Jason Moran, another Houstonian, for whom the past converges with the present: he sometimes likes to find an unobtrusive sequence inside an old standard and turn it into fresh headlines.
- (WWII) A spy using radio or wireless telegraphy to keep in touch with headquarters during the Second World War.
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
person who plays the piano
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Dutch
Etymology
From French pianiste, from Italian pianista. Equivalent to piano + -ist.
Pronunciation
Noun
pianist m (plural pianisten, diminutive pianistje n, feminine pianiste)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
pianist m (definite singular pianisten, indefinite plural pianister, definite plural pianistene)
References
- “pianist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
pianist m (definite singular pianisten, indefinite plural pianistar, definite plural pianistane)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French pianiste. Equivalent to pian + -ist.
Pronunciation
Noun
pianist m (plural pianiști, feminine equivalent pianistă)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | pianist | pianistul | pianiști | pianiștii | |
| genitive-dative | pianist | pianistului | pianiști | pianiștilor | |
| vocative | pianistule | pianiștilor | |||
Slovene
Pronunciation
Noun
pianȋst m anim
- pianist
Inflection
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| Masculine anim., hard o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | pianíst | ||
| gen. sing. | pianísta | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
pianíst | pianísta | pianísti |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
pianísta | pianístov | pianístov |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
pianístu | pianístoma | pianístom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
pianísta | pianísta | pianíste |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
pianístu | pianístih | pianístih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
pianístom | pianístoma | pianísti |
Further reading
- “pianist”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024
Swedish
Etymology
Noun
pianist c
Declension
Declension of pianist