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单词 piano nobile
释义

piano nobilen.

Brit. /ˌpjɑːnəʊ ˈnəʊbᵻleɪ/, U.S. /ˈˌpjɑˌnoʊ ˈnoʊbiˌleɪ/, /piˈˌɑˌnoʊ ˈnoʊbiˌleɪ/
Inflections: Plural piani nobili.
Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian piano nobile.
Etymology: < Italian piano nobile (a1712) < piano floor, storey (see piano n.3) + nobile noble, great (see noble adj.). Compare later piano n.3
Architecture.
The main storey of a large house, usually on the first floor, containing the principal rooms.Used esp. with reference to Italian or Italianate (esp. Palladian) buildings, in which the first floor is often higher and more impressive than the adjoining floors.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > floor or storey > upper floors
first floor1445
plancher1523
first storey1686
piano nobile1715
mezzaninec1720
entresol1726
attic storey1738
upstairs1781
attic1818
second floor1821
third floor1908
upper1968
1715–17 C. Campbell Vitruvius Britannicus II. 5/1 The great pair of Stairs lead up to the Piano Nobile, where is a lofty and spacious Salon of the same Extent as the Hall below.
1855 W. M. Thackeray Rose & Ring Prelude A large family that lived in the Piano Nobile of the house inhabited by myself and my young charges (it was the Palazzo Poniatowski at Rome).
1888 H. James Aspern Papers i. 12 Its wide front, with a stone balcony from end to end of the piano nobile or most important floor, was architectural enough.
1939 J. D. S. Pendlebury Archaeol. Crete iv. 186 The South Propylaeum, from which access was obtained to the ‘piano nobile’.
1955 L. Woolley Alalakh iii. 94 The upper floor, the piano-nobile, no longer exists, but its principal room, the grand salon, can safely be reconstructed.
1990 Washington Post (Nexis) 25 Mar. f1 Taking the steps instead of the elevators to parties held on piani nobili.
2001 P. P. Read Alice in Exile (2002) iii. vii. 272 The Grand Duke Dimitri Pavlovich has given over the piano nobile of the Dimitri Palace for an Anglo-Russian hospital.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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