"piano-forte" meaning in English

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      "form": "pianos-forte",
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    },
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      "form": "piano-fortes",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "pianoforte"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "1865, Louis Spohr (unknown translator), Louis Spohr’s Autobiography, volume II, London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, page 216:",
          "text": "Besides ourselves, Madame Dulcken, a distinguished artiste played also, with her daughter and pupil, a Rondeau by Steibelt for two piano-forti.",
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        }
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        "Alternative form of pianoforte"
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      "id": "en-piano-forte-en-noun-IZJlx61v",
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          "pianoforte",
          "pianoforte#English"
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  "word": "piano-forte"
}

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    {
      "form": "pianos-forte",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "piano-fortes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "pianoforte"
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          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of pianoforte"
      ],
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          "pianoforte#English"
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}