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clavier

[kluh-veer, klav-ee-er, kley-vee-]

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noun

the keyboard of a musical instrument.
Also klavier any musical instrument having a keyboard, especially a stringed keyboard instrument, as a harpsichord, clavichord, or piano.

clavier

/ kləˈvɪə, ˈklævɪə /

noun

1. any keyboard instrument
2. the keyboard itself

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clavierist noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of clavier¹

First recorded in 1700–10, and in 1835–45 clavier for def. 2; from French: literally, “keyboard,” in Old French “keyholder,” equivalent to Latin ��屹��(��) “key” + -ier noun suffix; clavier def. 2 is from German Klavier, in turn from French as above -ier ²

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Word History and Origins

Origin of clavier¹

C18: from French: keyboard, from Old French (in the sense: key bearer), from Latin ��屹�� key

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But church elders reined in Antes when he tried to add keyboarding instruments, called claviers, to his product line, according to a passage in the 1762 minutes of “Bethlehem Elder Conference” that Shatto cited.

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The title of his famous collection of fugues, 'The Well-Tempered Clavier', does not allude to his clavier's behaviour.

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He played the clavier and the harpsichord both.

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As the historian Paul Johnson recounts in Mozart: A Life, Mozart began playing the clavier at age 4 and was composing at 5.

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The elevator does not go to the clavier cabin.

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