klaver

From French clavier

klaver n (singular definite klaveret, plural indefinite klaverer)

1. piano (a keyboard musical instrument)

• piano

From Middle Dutch clavere, from Old Dutch *klēvara, from Proto-West Germanic *klaibrā.

• IPA^(key): /ˈklaː.vər/

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• Hyphenation: kla‧ver
• Rhymes: -aːvər

klaver f or m (plural klavers, diminutive klavertje n)

1. (botany, strictly speaking) A clover, trefoil; a plant of the tribe Trifolieae, particularly of the genus Trifolium
2. (colloquial) Any plant with leaves resembling that of a trefoil
3. (card games) clubs

• Afrikaans: klawer
• Jersey Dutch: klâver
• → Indonesian: klaver
• → West Frisian: klaver

From German Klavier.

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɑver/, [ˈklɑver]
• Rhymes: -ɑver
• Hyphenation: kla‧ver

klaver (genitive klaveri, partitive klaverit)

1. piano (a keyboard musical instrument)

From Dutch klaver, from Middle Dutch clavere.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkla.vər/
• Hyphenation: kla‧vêr

klaver (plural klaver-klaver)

1. (card games) clubs, one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣

   Synonyms: cengkeh, keriting, semanggi

• “klaver” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From French clavier and German Klavier.

klaver n (definite singular klaveret, indefinite plural klaver or klaverer, definite plural klavera or klaverene)

1. (music) a piano

• flygel
• piano

• “klaver” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From French clavier and German Klavier.

klaver n (definite singular klaveret, indefinite plural klaver, definite plural klavera)

1. (music) a piano

• flygel
• piano

• “klaver” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French clavier.

klaver n

1. (music) a keyboard instrument (musical instrument with a keyboard, especially one where strings are struck by hammers, but also more generally)

   Synonym: klaverinstrument

Though synonymous, klaverinstrument might be more common in modern usage (especially when describing more modern instruments), klaver sounding a bit old-fashioned.

• celesta (“celesta”)
• cembalo (“harpsichord”)
• dragspel (“accordion”)
• flygel (“grand piano”)
• harmonium (“harmonium”)
• kammarorgel (“reed organ”)
• keyboard (“electronic keyboard”)
• klavikord (“clavichord”)
• mellotron (“mellotron”)
• orgel (“organ”)
• piano (“piano”)
• synt (“synth”)
• tramporgel (“pump organ”)

• hammarklaver
• handklaver
• klavertramp
• trampa i klaveret

• klaviatur
• klavikord

• klaver in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• klaver in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• klaver in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)