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piano nobile

piano nobile 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.

Noun

piano nobile (plural piano nobiles or piani nobili)

  1. 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.
    Synonyms:
    bel étage

Synonyms of piano nobile

  • bel étage

Forms of piano nobile

pluralpiano nobiles
pluralpiani nobili

Origin of piano nobile

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

Questions about piano nobile

What does piano nobile mean?
Piano nobile means 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.
What part of speech is piano nobile?
Piano nobile is a noun.
What is the plural of piano nobile?
The plural of piano nobile is piano nobiles.

Words near piano nobile in the dictionary

  1. piano benches
  2. piano fingers
  3. piano four hands
  4. piano keys
  5. piano maker
  6. piano nobile
  7. piano nobiles
  8. piano plate
  9. piano player
  10. piano players
  11. piano polish

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