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fortissimo

/fɔːˈtɪsɪməʊ/US/fɔɹˈtɪsɪmoʊ/

fortissimo adverb: indicating that the piece is to be played very loudly.

fortissimo: indicating that the piece is to be played very loudly
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Adverb

fortissimo (comparative more fortissimo, superlative most fortissimo)

  1. Indicating that the piece is to be played very loudly.
    • (abbreviation) ff
    • He claims he was doing no more than repeating the standard nationalist account. So he was, but he was also repeating that passionate liberal critique which had resounded, often fortissimo, in British debate when Indian nationalism was still a half-formed dream.2017 September 7, Ferdinand Mount, “Umbrageousness”, in London Review of Books

Noun

fortissimo (plural fortissimos or fortissimi)

  1. The dynamic sign indicating that the piece should be played fortissimo.

fortissimo meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

fortissimo in Tamil

சத்தமாக விளையாடு

fortissimo in Indonesian

very loud
fortissimo

Forms of fortissimo

Adverb
comparativemore fortissimo
superlativemost fortissimo
Noun
pluralfortissimos
pluralfortissimi

Origin of fortissimo

Borrowed from Italian fortissimo.

Words formed from fortissimo

Words that rhyme with fortissimo

Questions about fortissimo

What does fortissimo mean?
Fortissimo means indicating that the piece is to be played very loudly.
What is fortissimo in Tamil?
Fortissimo in Tamil is சத்தமாக விளையாடு. See Fortissimo meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fortissimo?
Fortissimo can be an adverb or a noun.
How do you pronounce fortissimo?
Fortissimo is pronounced /fɔːˈtɪsɪməʊ/ (UK).

Words near fortissimo in the dictionary

  1. fortins
  2. fortis
  3. Fortis Creek
  4. Fortisan
  5. fortissimi
  6. fortissimo
  7. fortissimos
  8. fortississimi
  9. fortississimo
  10. fortississimos
  11. fortite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fortissimo (page history and authors); fortissimo (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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