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piano nobile

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.98 in modern English

Syllables
pi-ano no-bile
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The floor of a building where the principal bedrooms and main reception rooms are found, very often on the first or second floor in older buildings.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian piano nobile (“noble floor”).

Inflected Forms

piano nobiles (plural) piani nobili (plural)

Synonyms

bel étage

Questions

What does piano nobile mean?
The floor of a building where the principal bedrooms and main reception rooms are found, very often on the first or second floor in older buildings.
Where does piano nobile come from?
Borrowed from Italian piano nobile (“noble floor”).

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