piano nobile

English

Etymology

From Italian piano nobile (“noble floor”).

Noun

piano nobile (plural piano nobiles or piani nobili)

1. (architecture) 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.

   Synonym: bel étage

Translations

floor

• French: bel étage (fr) m, étage noble (fr) m
• German: Beletage (de) f
• Italian: piano nobile m
• Polish: piano nobile (pl) n
• Russian: бельэта́ж (ru) m (belʹetáž)

Further reading

• piano nobile on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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