FORTEPIANO Meaning of FORTEPIANO in English [ ˌfɔ:teɪ'pjα:nəʊ , -'pjanəʊ ]■ noun ( plural ~s ) Music a piano, especially of the kind made in the 18th and early 19th centuries.OriginC18: from forte 2 + piano 2 . Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004