piano nobile
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of piano nobile
Italian: great floor
Example Sentences
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The operatic museum in which they reside has many rooms, even on the piano nobile that both by right will occupy.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 20, 2013
March 2007 Belgian designer and antiques dealer Axel Vervoordt’s apartment is on the piano nobile of the 15th-century Palazzo Alverà in Venice, Italy.
From Architectural Digest ● Mar. 1, 2010
The carved string-course above and the Gothic windows of the piano nobile are also remains of the earlier building.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)
Houses were being showered on them; on all sides he seemed to see beneficent spirits winging toward them, laden with everything from a piano nobile in Venice to a camp in the Adirondacks.
From The Glimpses of the Moon by Wharton, Edith
Kitty, seized with nervous fright, turned and ran down the broad staircase by which she had come, through the series of deserted rooms in the piano nobile, till she reached the great hall.
From The Marriage of William Ashe by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
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