piano nobile

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piano nobile

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

noun piano nobiles · piani nobili

  1. 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

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noun floor

Françaisbel étage, étage noble
DeutschBeletage
Italianopiano nobile
Русскийбельэта́ж belʹetáž

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@misc{piano_nobile_2026,
  title = {piano nobile},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/piano%20nobile},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}