English Explanatory Dictionary

piano nobile

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

piano nobile piano nobiles piani nobili

Etymology

From Italian piano nobile (“noble floor”).

Synonyms

bel étage
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