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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
pianoforte
 
SYLLABICATION:pi·an·o·for·te
PRONUNCIATION:  p-n-fôrt, -fôrt, p-n-fôrt
NOUN: A piano.
ETYMOLOGY:Italian, from (gravecembalo col) piano (e) forte, (harpsichord with) soft (and) loud : piano, soft; see piano2 + forte, loud; see forte2.
 
 
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