Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A keyboard.
- noun A stringed keyboard instrument, such as a harpsichord.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dumb keyboard made for finger-gymnastics, as the Virgil clavier.
- noun . A clavichord, or, more rarely, a harpsichord.
- noun A pianoforte.
- noun The keyboard of a clavichord, harpsichord, pianoforte, organ, or similar instrument.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mus.) The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun music The keyboard of an
organ ,pianoforte , orharmonium .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a stringed instrument that has a keyboard
- noun a bank of keys on a musical instrument
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Teaching is a restless occupation and I would rather neglect clavier playing than composition; the clavier is a side issue, though, thank God, a strong one. "
Mozart The Man and the Artist as Revealed in his own Words Kerst, Friedrich 1905
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De même, selon lui le clavier est trop petit pour être bien utilisé.
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Un clavier anti-bactérie « Benjamin Ingold – Le blog e-marketing/web/high-tech
None Bacteria Project Keystick â Folding Keyboard by Yoonsang Kim & Eunsung Park » Yanko Design 2009
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Mr. Scriabin's design for the clavier à lumi è re, she says, called for a particular color to be assigned to each note, but in practice if we changed color every time there was a note change that would be much too busy.
Orchestrating an Extrasensory Sound in Living Color Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim 2010
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Just think what he could do if he could play the clavier …
Think Progress » Palin: With his ‘chalkboard technique,’ Glenn Beck is ‘changing our country.’ 2010
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While "Mysterium" has baffled subsequent generations, his "Prometheus" for orchestra and clavier à lumi è re — a kind of organ that would project colored lights onto walls — has inspired a succession of performers to realize a vision Mr. Scriabin himself never saw fulfilled.
Orchestrating an Extrasensory Sound in Living Color Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim 2010
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Hope your nom de clavier works out better than that.
Splitting 2007
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Mais si vous préférez utiliser le clavier, il vous attend après le saut.
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Back on the positive side, I must say that I love your nom de clavier.
Clinton Camp: "Karl Rove Is Writing Senator Obama's Talking Points" 2009
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References: la poubelle (f) = garbage can; plum (just in case, and for the French readers on this list, "plum" is English and the informal of "plumb" -- nothing to do with the juicy fruit) = completely; la clé (f) = key; le clavier (m) = keyboard
French Word-A-Day: 2006
hernesheir commented on the word clavier
May yours always remain well-tempered.
December 2, 2010