fortissimo

See also: fortíssimo

English

fortissimo in music notation

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fortissimo.

Adverb

fortissimo (not comparable)

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

     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.

Translations

very loud

• French: fortissimo (fr)
• Hebrew: פוֹרְטִיסִימוֹ (fortísimo)
• Italian: fortissimo (it)
• Russian: форти́ссимо (ru) (fortíssimo)
• Spanish: fortísimo (es)

Noun

fortissimo (plural fortissimos or fortissimi)

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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔʁ.ti.si.mo/

• Audio

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Adverb

fortissimo

1. (music) fortissimo

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From forte +‎ -issimo.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

Derived terms

• fortissimamente

Adverb

fortissimo

1. superlative degree of forte

Antonyms

• pianissimo

Further reading

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

Latin

Adjective

fortissimō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fortissimus

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• ff (abbreviation)

Etymology

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

Adverb

fortissimo

1. (music) fortissimo

Noun

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

1. (music) a fortissimo

References

• “fortissimo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• ff (abbreviation)

Etymology

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

Adverb

fortissimo

1. (music) fortissimo

Noun

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

1. (music) a fortissimo

References

• “fortissimo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian fortissimo.

Adverb

fortissimo

1. fortissimo

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fortissimo.

Adverb

fortissimo (not comparable)

1. (music) fortissimo (very loudly)

Noun

fortissimo n

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

Declension

Declension of fortissimo
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fortissimo	fortissimot	fortissimon	fortissimona
Genitive	fortissimos	fortissimots	fortissimons	fortissimonas

Further reading

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