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fortissimo

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

adjective

  1. (a direction) very loud.


adverb

  1. (a direction) very loudly.

fortissimo

/ fɔːˈtɪsɪˌməʊ /

adjective

  1. very loud ff


noun

  1. a very loud passage in music

fortissimo

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of fortissimo1

1715–25; < Italian; superlative of forte forte 2

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fortissimo1

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

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Example Sentences

Gutmann said that Chopin played generally very quietly, and rarely, indeed hardly ever, fortissimo.

I declare to you, solemnly, Katherine, that the effect of your violets against that hair was absolutely fortissimo.

Fourthly, Mrs. P. scolds the servants stringendo e fortissimo while I am dressing in the morning.

On which theme he played for about twenty minutes in a most extraordinary manner, sometimes very fortissimo, but full of genius.

Then comes the excited, imperative, anxious yet joyous fortissimo scale running when the quarry trees.

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