# fortissimo
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fortissimo.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /fɔːˈtɪsɪməʊ/, /fɔːˈtɪsəməʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /fɔɹˈtɪsɪmoʊ/, /fɔɹˈtɪsəmoʊ/
* Rhymes: -ɪsɪməʊ, -ɪsəməʊ

### Adverb

fortissimo (comparative more fortissimo, superlative most fortissimo)
* (music) Indicating that the piece is to be played very loudly.
    (abbreviation) ff
** 2017 September 7, Ferdinand Mount, “Umbrageousness”, in London Review of Books‎:He claims he was doing no more than repeating the standard nationalist account. So he was, but he was also repeating that passionate liberal critique which had resounded, often fortissimo, in British debate when Indian nationalism was still a half-formed dream.

#### Translations
### Noun

fortissimo (plural fortissimos or fortissimi)
* (music) The dynamic sign indicating that the piece should be played fortissimo.

### Derived terms

* blastissimo
* fortississimo

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɔʁ.ti.si.mo/
* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

fortissimo
* (music) fortissimo

### Further reading

* “fortissimo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian fortissimo.

### Adverb

fortissimo
* (music) fortissimo
    Synonym: diperlambat

### Further reading

* “fortissimo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Etymology

From forte +‎ -issimo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /forˈtis.si.mo/
* Rhymes: -issimo
* Hyphenation: for‧tìs‧si‧mo

### Adjective

fortissimo (feminine fortissima, masculine plural fortissimi, feminine plural fortissime)
* superlative degree of forte
* (music) Very loud
* very strong, bright, tough or severe

#### Derived terms

* fortissimamente

### Adverb

fortissimo
* superlative degree of forte

#### Antonyms

* pianissimo

### Further reading

* fortissimo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Latin
### Adjective

fortissimō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fortissimus

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* ff (abbreviation)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fortissimo (“strongest, very strong”).

### Adverb

fortissimo
* (music) fortissimo

### Noun

fortissimo m (definite singular fortissimoen, indefinite plural fortissimoer, definite plural fortissimoene)
* (music) a fortissimo

### References

* “fortissimo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* ff (abbreviation)

### Etymology

Borrowed rom Italian fortissimo (“strongest, very strong”).

### Adverb

fortissimo
* (music) fortissimo

### Noun

fortissimo m (definite singular fortissimoen, indefinite plural fortissimoar, definite plural fortissimoane)
* (music) a fortissimo

### References

* “fortissimo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian fortissimo.

### Adverb

fortissimo
* fortissimo

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fortissimo.

### Adverb

fortissimo (not comparable)
* (music) fortissimo (very loudly)

### Noun

fortissimo n
* (music) fortissimo (passage to be played very loudly)

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | fortissimo | fortissimos |
| singular | definite | fortissimot | fortissimots |
| plural | indefinite | fortissimon | fortissimons |
| plural | definite | fortissimona | fortissimonas |

### Further reading

* fortissimo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* fortissimo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* fortissimo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)