Definition of pia, Meaning of pia, Translation of pia

pia Click to Search pia
noun perennial herb of East Indies to Polynesia and Australia; cultivated for its large edible root yielding Otaheite arrowroot starch • Syn: Indian arrowroot, Tacca leontopetaloides, Tacca pinnatifida • Hypernyms: herb, herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: Tacca, genus Tacca

pia mater Click to Search pia mater
noun the highly vascular innermost of the 3 meninges • Hypernyms: meninx, meninges • Part Holonyms: leptomeninges

Piaf Click to Search Piaf
noun French cabaret singer (1915-1963) • Syn: Edith Piaf, Edith Giovanna Gassion, Little Sparrow • Instance Hypernyms: singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser

piaffe Click to Search piaffe
noun a cadenced trot executed by the horse in one spot • Hypernyms: dressage

Piaget Click to Search Piaget
noun Swiss psychologist remembered for his studies of cognitive development in children (1896-1980) • Syn: Jean Piaget • Derivationally related forms: Piagetian • Instance Hypernyms: psychologist

Piagetian Click to Search Piagetian
adjective of or relating to or like or in the manner of Jean Piaget • Pertains to noun: Piaget • Derivationally related forms: Piaget

pianism Click to Search pianism
noun performance by or technique of a pianist (Freq. 1) - example : a program of pianism • Hypernyms: performance, public presentation

pianissimo Click to Search pianissimo
I noun (music) low loudness • Syn: piano • Topics: music • Hypernyms: softness II adjective chiefly a direction or description in music; very soft • Similar to: piano, soft III adverb a direction in music; to be played very softly • Syn: very softly • Ant: fortissimo

pianissimo assai Click to Search pianissimo assai
adjective chiefly a direction or description in music; very soft • Similar to: piano, soft

pianist Click to Search pianist
noun a person who plays the piano (Freq. 5) • Syn: piano player • Derivationally related forms: piano • Hypernyms: musician, instrumentalist, player • Instance Hyponyms: Bartok, Bela Bartok, Blitzstein, Marc Blitzstein, Chopin, Frederic Francois Chopin, Czerny, Karl Czerny, Falla, Manuel de Falla, Hess, Dame Myra Hess, Horowitz, Vladimir Horowitz, Lewis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Liszt, Franz Liszt, Paderewski, Ignace Paderewski, Ignace Jan Paderewski, Poulenc, Francis Poulenc, Rachmaninoff, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff, Rachmaninov, Sergei Rachmaninov, Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninov, Rubinstein, Anton Rubenstein, Anton Gregor Rubinstein, Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein, Arthur Rubinstein, Artur Rubinstein, Saint-Saens, Charles Camille Saint-Saens, Schnabel, Artur Schnabel, Schumann, Clara Josephine Schumann, Serkin, Rudolf Serkin

pianistic Click to Search pianistic
adjective 1. skilled at or adapted for the piano (Freq. 1) - example : pianistic abilities • Pertains to noun: pianist • Derivationally related forms: piano 2. of or relating to the piano • Pertains to noun: piano • Derivationally related forms: piano

piano Click to Search piano
I noun 1. a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds (Freq. 10) • Syn: pianoforte, forte-piano • Derivationally related forms: pianistic, pianist • Hypernyms: keyboard instrument, stringed instrument, percussion instrument, percussive instrument • Hyponyms: grand piano, grand, mechanical piano, Pianola, player piano, upright, upright piano • Part Meronyms: fallboard, fall-board, keyboard, piano action, piano keyboard, fingerboard, clavier, soft pedal, sounding board, soundboard, sustaining pedal, loud pedal 2. (music) low loudness • Syn: pianissimo • Derivationally related forms: pianissimo (for: pianissimo) • Topics: music • Hypernyms: softness II adjective used chiefly as a direction or description in music - example : the piano passages in the composition • Syn: soft • Ant: forte • Similar to: pianissimo, pianissimo assai III adverb used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly • Syn: softly • Ant: forte

piano accordion Click to Search piano accordion
noun a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player • Syn: accordion, squeeze box • Hypernyms: free-reed instrument, keyboard instrument • Part Meronyms: piano keyboard, fingerboard, clavier

piano action Click to Search piano action
noun action consisting of a system of levers that move a felt hammer to strike the strings when a key is depressed • Hypernyms: action, action mechanism • Part Holonyms: piano, pianoforte, forte-piano • Part Meronyms: damper block, piano damper, hammer

piano damper Click to Search piano damper
noun damper consisting of a small felted block that drops onto a piano string to stop its vibration • Syn: damper block • Hypernyms: damper, muffler • Part Holonyms: piano action

piano keyboard Click to Search piano keyboard
noun a bank of keys on a musical instrument • Syn: fingerboard, clavier • Hypernyms: keyboard • Part Holonyms: piano, pianoforte, forte-piano, organ, pipe organ, accordion, piano accordion, squeeze box

piano lesson Click to Search piano lesson
noun a lesson in playing the piano (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: music lesson

piano maker Click to Search piano maker
noun a person who makes pianos • Hypernyms: maker, shaper • Instance Hyponyms: Steinway, Henry Steinway, Henry Engelhard Steinway, Heinrich Engelhard Steinway

piano music Click to Search piano music
noun 1. sheet music to be played on a piano • Hypernyms: sheet music 2. the sound of music produced by a piano - example : he thought he heard piano music next door • Hypernyms: music

piano player Click to Search piano player
noun a person who plays the piano (Freq. 1) • Syn: pianist • Derivationally related forms: piano (for: pianist) • Hypernyms: musician, instrumentalist, player • Instance Hyponyms: Bartok, Bela Bartok, Blitzstein, Marc Blitzstein, Chopin, Frederic Francois Chopin, Czerny, Karl Czerny, Falla, Manuel de Falla, Hess, Dame Myra Hess, Horowitz, Vladimir Horowitz, Lewis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Liszt, Franz Liszt, Paderewski, Ignace Paderewski, Ignace Jan Paderewski, Poulenc, Francis Poulenc, Rachmaninoff, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff, Rachmaninov, Sergei Rachmaninov, Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninov, Rubinstein, Anton Rubenstein, Anton Gregor Rubinstein, Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein, Arthur Rubinstein, Artur Rubinstein, Saint-Saens, Charles Camille Saint-Saens, Schnabel, Artur Schnabel, Schumann, Clara Josephine Schumann, Serkin, Rudolf Serkin

piano sonata Click to Search piano sonata
noun a sonata for piano (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: sonata

piano stool Click to Search piano stool
noun a stool for piano players; usually adjustable in height (Freq. 3) • Syn: music stool • Hypernyms: stool

piano teacher Click to Search piano teacher
noun someone who teaches students to play the piano • Hypernyms: music teacher

piano tuner Click to Search piano tuner
noun someone who tunes pianos • Syn: tuner • Derivationally related forms: tune (for: tuner) • Hypernyms: skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman

piano wire Click to Search piano wire
noun thin steel wire of high tensile strength • Hypernyms: wire

pianoforte Click to Search pianoforte
noun a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds • Syn: piano, forte-piano • Derivationally related forms: pianistic (for: piano), pianist (for: piano) • Hypernyms: keyboard instrument, stringed instrument, percussion instrument, percussive instrument • Hyponyms: grand piano, grand, mechanical piano, Pianola, player piano, upright, upright piano • Part Meronyms: fallboard, fall-board, keyboard, piano action, piano keyboard, fingerboard, clavier, soft pedal, sounding board, soundboard, sustaining pedal, loud pedal

Pianola Click to Search Pianola
noun a mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys • Syn: mechanical piano, player piano • Hypernyms: piano, pianoforte, forte-piano

piassava palm Click to Search piassava palm
noun Brazilian palm yielding fibers used in making ropes, mats, and brushes • Syn: pissaba palm, Bahia piassava, bahia coquilla, Attalea funifera • Hypernyms: feather palm • Member Holonyms: Attalea, genus Attalea • Part Meronyms: coquilla nut

piaster Click to Search piaster
noun 1. a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria • Syn: piastre • Hypernyms: fractional monetary unit, subunit • Part Holonyms: Egyptian pound, pound, Lebanese pound, Sudanese pound, Syrian pound 2. 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey • Syn: kurus, piastre • Hypernyms: Turkish monetary unit • Part Holonyms: lira, Turkish lira • Part Meronyms: asper

piastre Click to Search piastre
noun 1. a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria • Syn: piaster • Hypernyms: fractional monetary unit, subunit • Part Holonyms: Egyptian pound, pound, Lebanese pound, Sudanese pound, Syrian pound 2. 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey • Syn: kurus, piaster • Hypernyms: Turkish monetary unit • Part Holonyms: lira, Turkish lira • Part Meronyms: asper

piazza Click to Search piazza
noun a public square with room for pedestrians (Freq. 1) - example : they met at Elm Plaza - example : Grosvenor Place • Syn: plaza, place • Hypernyms: public square, square

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