Associations to the word «Fortissimo»

Wiktionary

FORTISSIMO, adverb. (music) The musical term indicating that the piece is played very loud.
FORTISSIMO, noun. (music) The dynamic sign indicating that the piece should be played fortissimo. Abbreviation: ff.

Dictionary definition

FORTISSIMO, noun. (music) loud.
FORTISSIMO, adverb. A direction in music; to be played very loudly.
FORTISSIMO, adjective. Chiefly a direction or description in music.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats