pianist

From French pianiste, from Italian pianista. Analyzable as piano +‎ -ist.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ənɪst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ənɪst/, /piˈænɪst/
• Rhymes: (US, Canada) -ænɪst
• Hyphenation: pi‧a‧nist

pianist (plural pianists)

2. (music) A person who plays the piano, particularly with skill or as part of an orchestra.

   By the time she became the world's greatest pianist, she had already practised for thousands of hours on her prized piano.

   • 1987, Gordon H Bower, The psychology of learning and motivation: advances in research and theory:

     Table IV shows that the pianists were significantly better on both motor and perceptual timing than the nonpianists.

   • 2010 April 19, Ben Ratliff, “A Mischievous Convergence of Past and Present Jazz”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The pianist was Jason Moran, another Houstonian, for whom the past converges with the present: he sometimes likes to find an unobtrusive sequence inside an old standard and turn it into fresh headlines.

3. (WWII) A spy using radio or wireless telegraphy to keep in touch with headquarters during the Second World War.

• pianofortist
• pianoist
• piano player

• fortepianist

• pisatin

From French pianiste, from Italian pianista. Equivalent to piano +‎ -ist.

• IPA^(key): /ˌpi.aːˈnɪst/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pi‧a‧nist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

pianist m (plural pianisten, diminutive pianistje n, feminine pianiste)

1. pianist

• pianospeler

• barpianist
• concertpianist
• pianistisch

pianist m (definite singular pianisten, indefinite plural pianister, definite plural pianistene)

1. pianist

• “pianist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

pianist m (definite singular pianisten, indefinite plural pianistar, definite plural pianistane)

1. pianist

Borrowed from French pianiste. Equivalent to pian +‎ -ist.

• IPA^(key): [pi.aˈnist]

pianist m (plural pianiști, feminine equivalent pianistă)

1. pianist

• IPA^(key): /pijaníːst/

pianȋst m anim

1. pianist

• “pianist”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Equivalent to piano +‎ -ist.

pianist c

1. pianist

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