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English word piano comes from Italian forte ((linguistics) stressed. Strong Fort, fortress.)
forte (Italian)
(linguistics) stressed. Strong Fort, fortress.
pianoforte (Italian)
(musical instrument) piano, pianoforte.
piano (Italian)
Flat, level. Penultimate accented. Plain. Plane. Soft Carefully. Slowly Floor, storey (British), story (US) (of a building). Piano (musical instrument). Plan, tactic, stratagem, scheme, plot. Plane.
pianoforte (English)
(musical instrument, dated) A piano. [from 1767].
piano (English)
(musical instruments) A keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers to strike strings. [from 1803] (music) Soft, quiet.. In extended use; quiet, subdued. (music) Softly, as a musical direction (abbreviated to p. in sheet music). [from 17th c.].