fortissimo

[ fawr-tis-uh-moh; Italian fawr-tees-see-maw ]

/ fɔrˈtɪs əˌmoʊ; Italian fɔrˈtis siˌmɔ /

Music.

adjective

(a direction) very loud.

adverb

(a direction) very loudly.

Origin of fortissimo

1715–25; <Italian; superlative of forteforte²

Words nearby fortissimo

fortified wine, fortify, Fortin barometer, Fort Irwin, fortis, fortissimo, fortition, fortitude, fortitudinous, Fort Jackson, Fort Jefferson

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Example sentences from the Web for fortissimo

His characterization is strong, his style is redolent of bravura and his general atmosphere is fortissimo.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914|Various
Her defiant speech was like the fortissimo from a full orchestra.
Painted Veils|James Huneker
Gutmann said that Chopin played generally very quietly, and rarely, indeed hardly ever, fortissimo.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks
The impression that the surprising presence of the ocean greyhound made upon Frederick was in a fortissimo scale.
Atlantis|Gerhart Hauptmann

We hear a variant of the Fate theme, which reaches a climax in a fortissimo outburst of the full orchestra.
Debussy's Pellas et Mlisande|Lawrence Gilman

British Dictionary definitions for fortissimo

fortissimo

/ (fɔːˈtɪsɪˌməʊ) music /

adjective, adverb

very loudSymbol: ff

noun

a very loud passage in music

Word Origin for fortissimo

C18: from Italian, from Latin fortissimus, from fortis strong

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Cultural definitions for fortissimo

fortissimo

[ (fawr-tis-uh-moh) ]

A musical direction meaning “to be performed very loudly”; the opposite of pianissimo.

单词	fortissimo
释义	fortissimo [ fawr-tis-uh-moh; Italian fawr-tees-see-maw ] / fɔrˈtɪs əˌmoʊ; Italian fɔrˈtis siˌmɔ / Music. adjective (a direction) very loud. adverb (a direction) very loudly. Origin of fortissimo 1715–25; <Italian; superlative of forteforte² Words nearby fortissimo fortified wine, fortify, Fortin barometer, Fort Irwin, fortis, fortissimo, fortition, fortitude, fortitudinous, Fort Jackson, Fort Jefferson Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fortissimo His characterization is strong, his style is redolent of bravura and his general atmosphere is fortissimo. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914\|Various Her defiant speech was like the fortissimo from a full orchestra. Painted Veils\|James Huneker Gutmann said that Chopin played generally very quietly, and rarely, indeed hardly ever, fortissimo. Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician\|Frederick Niecks The impression that the surprising presence of the ocean greyhound made upon Frederick was in a fortissimo scale. Atlantis\|Gerhart Hauptmann We hear a variant of the Fate theme, which reaches a climax in a fortissimo outburst of the full orchestra. Debussy's Pellas et Mlisande\|Lawrence Gilman British Dictionary definitions for fortissimo fortissimo / (fɔːˈtɪsɪˌməʊ) music / adjective, adverb very loudSymbol: ff noun a very loud passage in music Word Origin for fortissimo C18: from Italian, from Latin fortissimus, from fortis strong Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for fortissimo fortissimo [ (fawr-tis-uh-moh) ] A musical direction meaning “to be performed very loudly”; the opposite of pianissimo. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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