pianó

See also: piano, Piano, píanó, and pi-a-nô

Irish

Etymology

From English piano, from Italian piano, from Latin plānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʲiˈanˠoː/

Adverb

pianó

1. (music) piano (softly)

Noun

pianó m (genitive singular pianó, nominative plural pianónna)

1. piano

Declension

Declension of pianó (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative pianó pianónna vocative a phianó a phianónna genitive pianó pianónna dative pianó pianónna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an pianó na pianónna genitive an phianó na bpianónna dative leis an bpianó don phianó leis na pianónna

Derived terms

• beár pianó (“piano bar”)
• cairdín pianó m, pianóchairdín m (“piano accordion”)
• mórphianó (“grand piano”)
• stól pianó (“piano stool”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of pianó

radical	lenition	eclipsis
pianó	phianó	bpianó

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pianó”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “pianó”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “pianó”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024