piano的词源

英文词源

piano

piano: [19] Piano is short for pianoforte [18], a term borrowed from Italian which means literally ‘softloud’. It was a lexicalization of an epithet (piano e forte ‘soft and loud’) applied in the early 18th century to a new sort of harpsichord whose volume could be varied by the use of dampers. Italian piano itself is descended from Latin plānus ‘flat, even’, later ‘smooth’, source of English plain. It was introduced into English as a musical direction in the late 17th century.
=> plain, plane

piano (n.)

1803, from French piano (18c.), Italian piano, shortened forms of pianoforte (q.v.). As an adverb, "softly," in musical directions (superlative pianissimo), attested from 1680s. Piano wire attested from 1831.

中文词源

piano（钢琴）：能发出强弱两种声响的乐器

据说世界上第一架钢琴是意大利造琴家巴托罗密欧·克里斯多佛利（Bartolomeo Christofori）于1709年制造的。他采用包有皮革的小槌，通过击弦机敲击琴弦，通过敲击键盘的力度改变声音的强度。这种乐器既可秦出轻盈柔和的曲调，又可表达慷慨激昂的内容。因此他用意大利语将其命名为“Gravecembalo col piano e forte”（意为：能发出强弱两种声响的大键琴），后来简称为“piano e forte”（意为：强和弱）。后来这几个词又缩合成一个词：pianoforte。最后，这个词经由法语进入英语后，拼写变成了现在的piano。

piano：[pɪ'ænəʊ] n.钢琴

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：piano 词源，piano 含义。

piano：钢琴

piano一词是pianoforte的简写。

据说世界上第一架钢琴是意大利造琴家Bartolomeo Christofori于1709年制造的。他认为这种乐器既可秦出轻盈柔和的曲调，又可表达慷慨激昂的内容。因此他用意大利语piano e forte命名了这种乐器，意思是“soft and loud”。后来这个词又缩合成一个词：pianofort，英语又把它简写为今天的形式。

piano：钢琴

缩写自pianoforte.