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
They were in a room of the Palazzo Udeschini, at Rome—a reception room, on the piano nobile.
From The Cardinal's Snuff-Box by Harland, Henry
The family must have occupied the piano nobile and let off the floors they did not require.
From The Venetian School of Painting by Phillipps, Evelyn March
The approach to this piano nobile was up a flight of easily graded marble stairs, where in frequent niches stood old statues.
From Italy, the Magic Land by Whiting, Lilian
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