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Clavier

Definition: Clavier

Clavier

Noun

1. A bank of keys on a musical instrument.

2. A stringed instrument that has a keyboard.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: Clavier

DomainDefinitions

Fine Arts

The keyboard of a musical instrument. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Clavier

Synonyms: fingerboard (n), piano keyboard (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Clavier

English words defined with "clavier": harpsichord. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Clavier" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (bank, clavier, keyboard, keypad, manual).

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Commercial Usage: Clavier

DomainTitle

Books

  • Bach / Well-Tempered Clavier / Volume 1 (reference)

  • Bach: Prelude in C Major from the Well-Tempered Clavier (The Copncert Performer Series) (reference)

  • J. S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier (reference)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach Open Score: The Well-Tempered Clavier (reference)

  • The well-tempered clavier by Johann Sebastian Bach (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Bach - The Well Tempered Clavier 48 Preludes and Fugues / Hewitt, MacGregor, Demidenko, Gavrilow (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Clavier

Illustrations:
Clavier

More pictures...

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Sounds Captioned with "Clavier".

PlayCaption
The open to Bach's "The Well-Tempered Clavier No. 1".
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Clavier

"Clavier" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 81.82% of the time. "Clavier" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)81.82%9117,287
Adjective (comparative)18.18%2245,945
                    Total100.00%11N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Clavier

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "clavier": Pierre-clavier.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Clavier

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

clavier

50

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3

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20

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3

christian clavier

15

clavier fil sans

3

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7

clavier trackball

3

clavier sensitif vitro

7

clavier touche

3

clavier magazine

7

clavier driver hp

2

clavier raccourcis

5

clavier membrane

2

clavier driver

5

clavier pilote

2

accessory bancaires cache cache clavier et écran

5

clavier français

2

clavier protège

4

clavier portable

2

clavier virtuel

4

clavier gratuit logiciel

2

clavier yamaha

4

clavier microsoft racourcis word

2

clavier midi

4

blue clavier pocket tooth

2

clavier qwerty

3

clavier microsoft

2

azerty clavier

3

clavier pliable

2

bach clavier tempered well

3

clavier russe

2

clavier code

3

clavier logitech

2

clavier ordinateur

3

clavier pc pliable

2

clavier en infrarouge

3

clavier raccourci

2

arab clavier

3

clavier raccourci

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Clavier

Language Translations for "clavier"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

tastjerë, klaviaturë. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

струнен клавишен инструмент, клавиатура (fingerboard, keyboard). (various references)

   

Czech

  

hudební nástroj (clavecin, clavichord, dulcimer, ukulele). (various references)

   

French

  

clavier. (various references)

   

German

  

Klaviatur (keyboard). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πλήκτρα. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

klavikord (clavichord). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

avierclay

   

Portuguese

  

teclado (finger board, keyboard). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

claviaturã (finger board, keyboard, manifold). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

клавир, клавиатура (fingerboard, finger-board, keyboard, keysets). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

klavijatura (keyboard). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

consola (angle bracket, console, monitor, pier table). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

klaviatur (fingerboard, keyboard). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tuşlu çalgı, tuşlar, klavye (bank of keys, console, fingerboard, keyboard, keyped). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

клавір, клавіатура (fingerboard, keyboard). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Clavier

Derivations

Words beginning with "clavier": clavierist, clavieristic, clavierists, claviers. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Clavier" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Calvia, cavie, cavier, cavlier, cellifier, Chauvire, claiv, Claverie, clavi, Clavie, clavipes, Clazie, clivia, clviii, clxvi, cxlviii, Flavien, Lavier. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Clavier"

Words rhyming with "clavier" (pronounced 'Cla"vi*er'): Abaiser, Abandoner, Abaser, Abater, Abhorrer, Abider, Abjurer, Abolisher, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Abutter, Acater, Acceder, Accelerometer, Accepter, Accipenser, Accipiter, Acclaimer, Accompanier, Accomplisher, Accorder, Accruer, Accumber, Accuser, Acetifier, Acetimeter, Acetometer, Achiever, Acidifier, Acidimeter, Acipenser, Acknowledger, Acoumeter, Acquirer, Acquitter, Acroter, Actinometer, Adducer, Adelaster, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admeasurer. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Clavier

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: caviler, valeric.

Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-l-r-v"

-1 letter: carvel, claver, eclair, lacier.

-2 letters: aiver, alive, areic, ariel, calve, carle, carve, caver, cavie, cavil, ceria, clave, clavi, clear, crave, erica, ervil, ileac, lacer, laver, liver, livre, ravel, relic, rival, velar, vicar, viler, viral.

-3 letters: acre, alec, aril, aver, care, carl, cave, ceil, cire, earl, evil, ilea, lace, laic, lair, lari, lave, lear.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-l-r-v"
 

+1 letter: acervuli, cavalier, cavilers, caviller, cervical, claviers, vertical, visceral.

 

+2 letters: calvaries, cavaliers, cavalries, cavillers, chevalier, clavering, larvicide, leviratic, lucrative, overclaim, revictual, varicella, vectorial, vehicular, veridical, verticals, vesicular, viceregal, victualer, vocalizer.

 

+3 letters: aviculture, cantilever, cavaliered, cavalierly, chevaliers, chivalries, clavierist, creatively, curatively, decemviral, lacerative, larvicides, overclaims, overfacile, prevocalic, reactively, receivable, revictuals, silverback, ulcerative, varicellas, varicocele, vermicular, versicular, vertically, victualers, victualler, viscerally, vocalizers, vorticella, vulcanizer.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Clavier


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 6C 61 76 69 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-.    .-..    .-    ...-    ..    .    .-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01101100 01100001 01110110 01101001 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#108 &#97 &#118 &#105 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 006C 0061 0076 0069 0065 0072

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

37786788757184

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Clavier"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Albanian

fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferimshqip, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводbulgr, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський

Czech

slovník, definice, překladçek, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrëngjishte, frëng, franceze, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definitiongjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, allemand, "ερμανός, német, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφρασηгръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordításунгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець

Romanian

dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcirerumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещениеруски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenjeserbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónspanjoll, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, översättningsuedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercümeturk, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова

Ukrainian

словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщенняukrainisht, ukrainas, украинец, украински език, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Sounds
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Derivations
12. Rhymes
13. Anagrams
14. Orthography
15. Bibliography


  

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