Piano in Different Languages
Discover 'Piano' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Piano
Afrikaans beplan | ||
Albanian planifikoj | ||
Amharic ዕቅድ | ||
Arabic خطة | ||
Armenian պլանավորել | ||
Assamese পিয়ানো | ||
Aymara piano satañataki | ||
Azerbaijani plan | ||
Bambara piano (piano) ye | ||
Basque plana | ||
Belarusian план | ||
Bengali পরিকল্পনা | ||
Bhojpuri पियानो के नाम से जानल जाला | ||
Bosnian plan | ||
Bulgarian план | ||
Catalan pla | ||
Cebuano plano | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 计划 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 計劃 | ||
Corsican pianu | ||
Croatian plan | ||
Czech plán | ||
Danish plan | ||
Dhivehi ޕިއާނޯ އެވެ | ||
Dogri पियानो | ||
Dutch plan | ||
English piano | ||
Esperanto plano | ||
Estonian plaan | ||
Ewe piano si wotsɔna ƒoa saŋku | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) piano | ||
Finnish suunnitelma | ||
French plan | ||
Frisian plan | ||
Galician plan | ||
Georgian გეგმა | ||
German planen | ||
Greek σχέδιο | ||
Guarani piano rehegua | ||
Gujarati યોજના | ||
Haitian Creole plan | ||
Hausa shirya | ||
Hawaiian hoʻolālā | ||
Hebrew לְתַכְנֵן | ||
Hindi योजना | ||
Hmong txoj kev npaj | ||
Hungarian terv | ||
Icelandic skipuleggja | ||
Igbo atụmatụ | ||
Ilocano piano ti piano | ||
Indonesian rencana | ||
Irish plean | ||
Italian piano | ||
Japanese 予定 | ||
Javanese rencana | ||
Kannada ಯೋಜನೆ | ||
Kazakh жоспар | ||
Khmer ផែនការ | ||
Kinyarwanda piyano | ||
Konkani पियानो हें नांव | ||
Korean 계획 | ||
Krio piano we dɛn kin yuz fɔ ple | ||
Kurdish pîlan | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پیانۆ | ||
Kyrgyz план | ||
Lao ແຜນການ | ||
Latin consilium | ||
Latvian plāns | ||
Lingala piano ya kosala | ||
Lithuanian planas | ||
Luganda piyano | ||
Luxembourgish plangen | ||
Macedonian план | ||
Maithili पियानो | ||
Malagasy alamino mialoha | ||
Malay merancang | ||
Malayalam പദ്ധതി | ||
Maltese pjan | ||
Maori mahere | ||
Marathi योजना | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯤꯌꯥꯅꯣ꯫ | ||
Mizo piano hmanga siam a ni | ||
Mongolian төлөвлөгөө | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အစီအစဉ် | ||
Nepali योजना | ||
Norwegian plan | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) konzani | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପିଆନୋ | | ||
Oromo piyaanoo | ||
Pashto پلان | ||
Persian طرح | ||
Polish plan | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) plano | ||
Punjabi ਯੋਜਨਾ | ||
Quechua piano | ||
Romanian plan | ||
Russian строить планы | ||
Samoan fuafuaga | ||
Sanskrit पियानो | ||
Scots Gaelic phlana | ||
Sepedi piano | ||
Serbian план | ||
Sesotho leano | ||
Shona kuronga | ||
Sindhi منصوبو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සැලැස්ම | ||
Slovak plán | ||
Slovenian načrt | ||
Somali qorshe | ||
Spanish plan | ||
Sundanese rencana | ||
Swahili mpango | ||
Swedish planen | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) plano | ||
Tajik нақша | ||
Tamil திட்டம் | ||
Tatar фортепиано | ||
Telugu ప్రణాళిక | ||
Thai วางแผน | ||
Tigrinya ፒያኖ | ||
Tsonga piyano | ||
Turkish plan | ||
Turkmen pianino | ||
Twi (Akan) piano a wɔde bɔ nnwom | ||
Ukrainian плану | ||
Urdu منصوبہ | ||
Uyghur پىئانىنو | ||
Uzbek reja | ||
Vietnamese kế hoạch | ||
Welsh cynllun | ||
Xhosa icebo | ||
Yiddish פּלאַן | ||
Yoruba gbero | ||
Zulu ukuhlela |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "beplan" means "to plan" and is unrelated to music, unlike its namesake "piano" in English. |
| Albanian | The word "planifikoj" in Albanian is also used to refer to a "plan, project, or design". |
| Amharic | In Amharic, "ዕቅድ" can also refer to a plan or a strategy. |
| Arabic | In Arabic, the word "خطة" (khattah) not only refers to a musical instrument, but also has meanings related to planning, drawing, and writing. |
| Azerbaijani | In Azerbaijani, “plan” is derived from the French word “plan” and also means “map”. |
| Basque | In Basque, the word "plana" can also refer to a flat or plain area and a flatboat. |
| Belarusian | Belarusian |
| Bengali | পরিকল্পনা শব্দটির বিকল্প অর্থ হলো আঁকা বা সাজানো। |
| Bosnian | "Plan" also means "schedule" or "intention" in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | The word "план" can also refer to a "plan" or "project" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "pla" can also refer to a flat surface, such as a floor or a table. |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, "plano" can also mean "map" or "blueprint". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 计划 translates to "plan" or "scheme" in English, and it literally means "calculate" in Chinese. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 計劃 can also mean plan, system, or design in Chinese. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "pianu" can also refer to a flat surface or a plateau. |
| Croatian | In Croatian, the word 'plan' can also refer to a mountain pasture, a field, or a plain. |
| Czech | The Czech word "plán" also means "plan" or "schedule". |
| Danish | In Danish, "plan" can also refer to a "map" or "drawing." |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "plan" can also refer to a wooden floor or a field. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "plano" can also refer to a flat surface, such as a table or a floor. |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "plaan" also means "plan" because the Estonian term for "piano keys" is "plaat": |
| Finnish | "Suunnitelma" originally meant a plan for playing a piano, then the plan itself, and eventually any plan. |
| French | In French, a "plan" also refers to a map, blueprint, or layout, deriving from Latin's planum meaning "flat". |
| Frisian | The word "plan" also means "plot" or "map" in Frisian. |
| Galician | Galician "plan" is used as a synonym of "purpose" or "goal" and derives from the Latin word "planus" meaning "flat" or "level". |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "გეგმა" is related to the Armenian word "կըկըր", Persian word "کوکو" and Sanskrit word "कोकिल" which all mean "cuckoo". |
| German | The German word "planen" can also mean "to plan" or "to level" |
| Greek | The Greek word "σχέδιο" also means "design", "outline", or "project". |
| Gujarati | The word "yojana" is also used in Sanskrit and Hindi to refer to a unit of distance, typically equal to about 13 kilometers. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "plan" means both "plan" and "piano". |
| Hausa | The word 'shirya' in Hausa likely originated from the Arabic word 'shariqah', meaning 'an object that makes a sound' or 'a musical instrument'. |
| Hawaiian | "Hoʻolālā" also signifies in Hawaiian an instrument of music resembling a piano but not so complicated. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "לְתַכְנֵן" primarily means "to plan" or "to design", but it can also refer to the musical instrument "piano". |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "योजना" can also refer to a "plan" or "scheme", derived from the Sanskrit root "yuj" meaning "to join" or "to devise". |
| Hmong | The word "txoj kev npaj" (piano) literally means "prepared path" in Hmong, reflecting its ability to produce a wide range of notes with precision. |
| Hungarian | The word "terv" in Hungarian is related to the German word "entwerfen," meaning "to design," and also refers to a blueprint or sketch. |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word for piano, "skipuleggja," comes from a combination of "skipta," meaning "shift," and "leggja," meaning "put" or "adjust", likely referring to the shifting mechanism of the keys. |
| Igbo | "Atụmatụ" in Igbo also means "thoughtful planning" or "design for a specific purpose." |
| Indonesian | The word "rencana" can also mean "plan" or "intention" in Indonesian, derived from the Malay word "rancana" meaning "to plan". |
| Irish | The word 'plean' can also refer to a flat surface, a plate, or a slab. |
| Italian | In Italian, 'piano' also means 'floor' or 'flat' in a building. |
| Japanese | The word "予定" (yotei) can also mean "appointment" or "schedule". |
| Javanese | Rencana in Javanese can also mean 'intention', 'purpose', 'arrangement', or 'plan' |
| Kannada | ಯೋಜನೆ (piano) is derived from the Latin word 'planus,' meaning 'flat' or 'level,' and is used in music to describe the flat surface of the keyboard. |
| Kazakh | The word "жоспар" ultimately derives from the Italian word "pianoforte", with the first part likely dropped because it sounds roughly like the Kazakh word "жоқ" (not). |
| Khmer | The word "ផែនការ" (piano) in Khmer also means "a plan" or "a strategy". |
| Korean | The word "계획" (piano) is also used to mean "plan" in Korean. |
| Kurdish | Kurdish word pîlan derives from Persian palwan which meant "athlete" originally, and "heroic story" subsequently. |
| Kyrgyz | В кыргызском языке слово "план" встречается и в значении "планшет". |
| Lao | The Lao word "ແຜນການ" comes from the Thai word "แผนงาน" which means "plan". In Lao, it can also be used to refer to a "pattern" or a "program". |
| Latin | The word "consilium" in Latin has its origin in the verb "consulere" ("to deliberate") and can also mean "advice" or "resolution". |
| Latvian | The word "plāns" also means "flat" or "thin" in Latvian |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "planas" can also mean "plane" in English, referring to a flat surface or a level. |
| Luxembourgish | The word "plangen" is also used to refer to crying or lamenting. |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word 'план' is of Greek origin and refers to the flat surface of a building, table or other object, while it also means 'plan' or 'scheme'. |
| Malagasy | The word "ALAMINO MIALOHA" is a Malagasy composite word meaning "stringed instrument of love". |
| Malay | **Merancang** literally means 'to design' or 'to plan', indicating the instrument's role in orchestrating melodies and harmonies. |
| Malayalam | The word "പദ്ധതി" also refers to a plan, scheme, or project in Malayalam. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "pjan" has a root in Italian and it can also mean "plan". |
| Maori | The word 'mahere' derives from the Māori word 'mahero', which refers to a traditional musical instrument made from wood or bone. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "योजना" can also refer to a scheme or plan. |
| Mongolian | The word "төлөвлөгөө" is derived from the word "төлөв" meaning "situation", suggesting the piano's ability to create various melodies. |
| Nepali | In Nepali, 'योजना' not only means 'piano' but also 'plan' or 'scheme'. |
| Norwegian | The word "plan" in Norwegian can also refer to a surface or level, such as the ground floor of a building. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "konzani" is derived from the Zulu word "inqoqo" meaning "box". |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "پلان" (pronounced "piano") is not related to the English word "piano." Instead, it means "plan," "design," or "intent."} |
| Persian | The Persian word "طرح" (piano) comes from the Italian word "tasto" or the French word "touche", both meaning "key". |
| Polish | While "plan" (pronounced plan) means "schedule" in Polish, "piano" is used for both the instrument and the musical term. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "plano" can also mean "flat surface" or "map". |
| Punjabi | The word "ਯੋਜਨਾ" also means "a plan or scheme" in Punjabi, derived from Sanskrit "yojana" meaning "a measure of distance". |
| Romanian | The word "plan" ("plano") in Romanian also means "drawing of a building". |
| Russian | The Russian word for 'piano,' "строить планы," can also mean 'to make plans' |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "fuafuaga" can alternately mean "design" or "plan". |
| Scots Gaelic | Scots Gaelic "phlana" originated from "clavier", via French and English, which itself was borrowed from the Latin "clavis" (key), via Medieval Latin "clavicordium". |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "план" can also mean "a plan" or "an idea". |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "leano" is derived from the Dutch word "piano", which also means "soft" or "gentle". |
| Shona | The word "kuronga" in Shona has multiple meanings, including "to play the piano", "to write", and "to compose music". |
| Sindhi | The word "منصوبو" comes from the Persian word "پیانو" (piyāno) and ultimately from the Italian word "pianoforte" which means "soft-loud". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "සැලැස්ම" (sælæsmə) originally meant "a plan or scheme" in Sinhala, but it later came to be used to refer to the musical instrument. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "plán" can also refer to a type of blueprint or map, derived from the German word "Plan" with the same meaning. |
| Slovenian | The word "načrt" in Slovenian derives from the Proto-Slavic root *čьrtъ with the meaning "drawing, sketch, plan". |
| Somali | In Somali, the word 'qorshe' is also the term for a 'plan', possibly stemming from the idea of a structured melody in a piece of music |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "plan" can also refer to a "scheme" or "design", or to a "flat surface". |
| Sundanese | "Rencana" in Sundanese can also mean "a plan". |
| Swahili | M'pango may also mean 'a plan' or 'a scheme' in Swahili. |
| Swedish | This word's etymology originates from the Latin "planus" which means "flat". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "plano" can also mean "flat" or "level". |
| Tajik | The word "нақша" also has the meanings of "plan" and "scheme" in Tajik. |
| Telugu | The word "ప్రణాళిక" (piano) in Telugu is derived from the Italian word "pianoforte," meaning "soft loud." |
| Thai | "วางแผน" can also refer to "plan" in English. |
| Turkish | Turkish word 'plan' comes from French 'plane' which means 'flat' referring to a flat sheet of paper. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "плану" can also mean "plan" or "scheme". |
| Uzbek | In Spanish, "reja" can also mean a grate, a trellis or a grill. |
| Vietnamese | In Vietnamese, "kế hoạch" can also be used in the context of "plan" or "intent." |
| Welsh | The word 'cynllun' also means 'plan' or 'scheme' in Welsh, and may derive from the Latin word 'conliniare', meaning 'to draw lines together'. |
| Xhosa | The word "icebo" in Xhosa comes from the word "iceba", which means "to make music." |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, "פֿלאַן" can also refer to a scheme, a plan, or a strategy. |
| Yoruba | The word "gbero" can also mean "a person who plays the piano" or "a piano tuner". |
| Zulu | Ukuhlela, meaning "to make beautiful," is also used to describe the sound produced by a piano's keys. |
| English | The word piano derives from the Italian word 'pianoforte', which means 'soft-loud'. |