piana

• IPA^(key): /piˈænə/

piana (plural pianas)

1. (US, dialectal, dated) Pronunciation spelling of piano.
   • 1979, Dirck Van Sickle, Montana Gothic, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P:

     "When she heard you'd teach piana, she was eager as a wet hog in a rainstorm to get in here."

   • 2010 March 15, Larry Karp, The Ragtime Fool, Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN, page 128:

     "I spent many a good hour there, and oh, how them boys could play piana."
     Alan's heart raced. "So you must have seen Scott Joplin, and heard him play."

   • 2013 03, Carol S. Fowler, Blues in the Night: The First Chronicles of Bernie Butz, Strategic Book Publishing, →ISBN, page 97:

     "Say, man. Got your message. I'm sorry for not gettin' back wit ya, but, man, I was tryin' ta find a new piana player."

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʲiənˠə/

piana

1. present subjunctive analytic of pian

• IPA^(key): /ˈpja.na/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: pià‧na

piana

1. feminine singular of piano

piana f (plural piane)

1. plain

   Synonym: pianura

• piana salina

• panai, pania

Borrowed from English piano.

IPA^(key): /pi.a.na/, [pi.ɐ.nɐ]

piana

1. piano

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pěna. Doublet of pumeks.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpja.na/

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: pia‧na

piana f (diminutive pianka)

1. foam, froth
2. (Kraków) beer

• piana in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• piana in Polish dictionaries at PWN