cla·vier (kl -vîr , kl v -r, kl v-)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 cl vis, key.] |
clavier [kləˈvɪə ˈklævɪə]
n
(Music / Instruments)
a. any keyboard instrument
b. the keyboard itself
[from French: keyboard, from Old French (in the sense: key bearer), from Latin clāvis key]
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| Noun | 1. |  clavier - a bank of keys on a musical instrumentaccordion, piano accordion, squeeze box - a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player keyboard - device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the like pipe organ, organ - wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard forte-piano, piano, pianoforte - a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds |
| 2. | clavier - a stringed instrument that has a keyboard cembalo, harpsichord - a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots keyboard instrument - a musical instrument that is played by means of a keyboard stringed instrument - a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound |
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