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piano nobile

English translation: noble floor (first floor or \"piano nobile\" in Italian)

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Italian term or phrase:piano nobile
English translation:noble floor (first floor or \"piano nobile\" in Italian)
Entered by: Maria Burnett

15:26 Oct 10, 2022
Italian to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Italian term or phrase: piano nobile
Questa sala è descritta negli inventari come uno dei salotti che si trovavano al piano nobile della dimora dei Buonarroti in via Ghibellina.

No idea of what piano nobile means.

thank you.
Maria Burnett
United States
Local time: 23:08
noble floor (first floor or "piano nobile" in Italian)
Explanation:
- noble floor
- so called "noble floor"
- noble floor (first floor or "piano nobile" in Italian)
- "piano nobile" (Italian for "noble floor" or "noble level"

Noble floor - Galleria Nazionale delle Marche
The first or noble floor of the Palace is the beating heart of the building. ... Immediately after, in chronological order, come the so-called Sweet Orange ...
https://www.gallerianazionalemarche.it/en/ducal-palace/archi...

The piano nobile (Italian for "noble floor" or "noble level", also sometimes referred to by the corresponding French term, bel étage) is the principal floor of a palazzo. This floor contains the main reception and bedrooms of the house.
The piano nobile is usually the first storey (in European terminology; second floor in American terms), or sometimes the second storey, containing major rooms, located above the rusticated ground floor containing the minor rooms and service rooms. The reasons for this were so the rooms above the ground floor would have finer views and to avoid the dampness and odours of the street level. This is especially true in Venice, where the piano nobile of the many palazzi is especially obvious from the exterior by virtue of its larger windows and balconies, and open loggias. Examples of this are Ca' Foscari, Ca' d'Oro, Ca' Vendramin Calergi, and Palazzo Barbarigo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_nobile
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Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner, M.A.
Austria
Local time: 05:08
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3 +3piano nobile
Jasmina Towers
3noble floor (first floor or "piano nobile" in Italian)
Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner, M.A.


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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
piano nobile


Explanation:
https://www.britannica.com/technology/piano-nobile

I would leave it in Italian, with a short explanatory note.

Jasmina Towers
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:08
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Debora Blake: The Italian term is correct in English.
41 mins
agree  Lisa Jane
1 hr
agree  martini: https://www.wordreference.com/iten/nobile
16 hrs
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
noble floor (first floor or "piano nobile" in Italian)


Explanation:
- noble floor
- so called "noble floor"
- noble floor (first floor or "piano nobile" in Italian)
- "piano nobile" (Italian for "noble floor" or "noble level"

Noble floor - Galleria Nazionale delle Marche
The first or noble floor of the Palace is the beating heart of the building. ... Immediately after, in chronological order, come the so-called Sweet Orange ...
https://www.gallerianazionalemarche.it/en/ducal-palace/archi...

The piano nobile (Italian for "noble floor" or "noble level", also sometimes referred to by the corresponding French term, bel étage) is the principal floor of a palazzo. This floor contains the main reception and bedrooms of the house.
The piano nobile is usually the first storey (in European terminology; second floor in American terms), or sometimes the second storey, containing major rooms, located above the rusticated ground floor containing the minor rooms and service rooms. The reasons for this were so the rooms above the ground floor would have finer views and to avoid the dampness and odours of the street level. This is especially true in Venice, where the piano nobile of the many palazzi is especially obvious from the exterior by virtue of its larger windows and balconies, and open loggias. Examples of this are Ca' Foscari, Ca' d'Oro, Ca' Vendramin Calergi, and Palazzo Barbarigo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_nobile

Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner, M.A.
Austria
Local time: 05:08
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 48
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