fortissimo

Borrowed from Italian fortissimo.

fortissimo (not comparable)

1. (music) Indicating that the piece is played very loud.
   • 2017 September 7, Ferdinand Mount, “Umbrageousness”, in London Review of Books‎:

     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.

fortissimo (plural fortissimos or fortissimi)

1. (music) The dynamic sign indicating that the piece should be played fortissimo. Abbreviation: ff.

Borrowed from Italian.

• IPA^(key): /fɔʁ.ti.si.mo/

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fortissimo

1. (music) fortissimo

• “fortissimo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From forte +‎ -issimo.

• IPA^(key): /forˈtis.si.mo/
• Rhymes: -issimo
• Hyphenation: for‧tìs‧si‧mo

fortissimo (feminine fortissima, masculine plural fortissimi, feminine plural fortissime)

1. superlative degree of forte
2. (music) Very loud
3. very strong, bright, tough or severe

• fortissimamente

fortissimo

1. superlative degree of forte

• pianissimo

• fortissimo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

fortissimō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fortissimus

• ff (abbreviation)

Borrowed from Italian fortissimo (“strongest, very strong”).

fortissimo

1. (music) fortissimo

fortissimo m (definite singular fortissimoen, indefinite plural fortissimoer, definite plural fortissimoene)

1. (music) a fortissimo

• “fortissimo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• ff (abbreviation)

Borrowed rom Italian fortissimo (“strongest, very strong”).

fortissimo

1. (music) fortissimo

fortissimo m (definite singular fortissimoen, indefinite plural fortissimoar, definite plural fortissimoane)

1. (music) a fortissimo

• “fortissimo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Unadapted borrowing from Italian fortissimo.

fortissimo

1. fortissimo

Borrowed from Italian fortissimo.

fortissimo (not comparable)

1. (music) fortissimo (very loudly)

fortissimo n

1. (music) fortissimo (passage to be played very loudly)

• fortissimo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fortissimo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fortissimo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)