piano nobile

noun

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.

Similar
bel étage
OriginItalian piano nobile ← ['it ', →
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Meanings

nounpiano nobile (plural piano nobiles or piani nobili)

plural piano nobiles · plural piani nobili

  1. architectureThe 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.

    Synonyms: bel étage

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe 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.

Similar
bel étage

Origin

  1. ['it',
  2. Italianpiano nobile
  3. Englishpiano nobile

Borrowed from Italian piano nobile (“noble floor”).

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Translations

French bel étage, étage noble
  • bel étagefloor
  • étage noblefloor
German Beletage
  • Beletagefloor
Italian piano nobile
  • piano nobilefloor
Polish piano nobile
  • piano nobilefloor
Russian бельэта́ж
  • бельэта́ж (belʹetáž)floor
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