clavier

cla·vier  (kl-vîr, klv-r, klv-)

n. Music

1. A keyboard.

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

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

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	clavier - a bank of keys on a musical instrument piano keyboard, fingerboard accordion, 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 Klavier 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