clavier

n. Music

1. A keyboard.
2. A stringed keyboard instrument, such as a harpsichord.

[German Klavier, from French clavier, from Old French, key-bearer, from Latin clāvis, key.]

The keyboard of a piano, harpsichord, organ etc; also a generic, non-specific for a keyboard instrument. Bach's Das wohltemperirte Clavier does not specify the clavichord, and the title is best understood as ‘The Well-tempered Clavier’ or ‘The Well-tempered Keyboard Instrument’. The term is sometimes applied to pianists practice instruments with silent keyboards.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a bank of keys on a musical instrument
  Synonyms: piano keyboard, fingerboard

Meaning #2: a stringed instrument that has a keyboard
  Synonym: Klavier

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - klaver

Nederlands (Dutch)
klavier(instrument)

Français (French)
n. - clavier

Deutsch (German)
n. - Klaviatur, Tastatur, Tasteninstrument

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μουσ.) πληκτροφόρο, πληκτρολόγιο, κλειδοκύμβαλο, πιάνο

Italiano (Italian)
tastiera

Português (Portuguese)
n. - teclado (m)

Русский (Russian)
клавир

Español (Spanish)
n. - teclado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - klaver, klaviatur

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
键盘, 键盘乐器

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 鍵盤, 鍵盤樂器

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 건반, 건반악기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 鍵盤楽器, 鍵盤

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) لوحه مفاتيح آله موسيقيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מקלדת‬

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