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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| fortepiano |
| SYLLABICATION: | for·te·pi·an·o |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  fôr t -p - n  , -än |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. for·te·pi·an·os Any of various precursors to the modern piano. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | Italian, variant of pianoforte. See pianoforte. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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