Clavier
/ˈklævɪɚ/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium.
"[…]play certain of the stops in octaves to each other, while merely touching single notes on the clavier"
- 2 a stringed instrument that has a keyboard wordnet
- 3 a bank of keys on a musical instrument wordnet
Example
More examples"[…]play certain of the stops in octaves to each other, while merely touching single notes on the clavier"
Etymology
Borrowed from French clavier (“keyboard”), from Latin clavis (“key”).