pianiste

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French pianiste (pianist (male or female)).

Noun

pianiste (plural pianistes)

  1. A female pianist.
    • 1912, Mary Greer ConklinMix, Conversation: What to Say and How to Say It, page 96:
      I have never published any of my compositions because I feel that they cannot add anything to my reputation as a pianiste, of which I am—-
    • 2012, Debra Milligan, The Dawn:
      Not only did Carré state that she could covertly contact a pianiste, but this man had also managed to evade capture by the Germans!
    • 2017, Fiona Farrell, Decline and Fall on Savage Street, →ISBN, page 36:
      Margaret is in the drawing room, thumping the life from some unfortunate sonata. She is persistent, but she will never make a pianiste.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

pianiste f (plural pianisten or pianistes, diminutive pianistetje n, masculine pianist)

  1. pianist (female)

French

Etymology

From piano + -iste.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pja.nist/
  • (file)

Noun

pianiste m or f by sense (plural pianistes)

  1. pianist

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pjaˈni.ste/
  • Rhymes: -iste
  • Hyphenation: pia‧nì‧ste

Noun

pianiste f pl

  1. plural of pianista

Anagrams

Norman

Etymology

piano (piano) + -iste

Noun

pianiste m or f (plural pianistes)

  1. (Jersey) pianist

Romanian

Noun

pianiste f pl

  1. plural of pianistă
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