pianissimo
French, noun/pja.ni.si.mo/
pianissimo is spelled P-I-A-N-I-S-S-I-M-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 117,104th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pianissimo is a French masculine noun meaning “pianissimo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Morceau joué très doucement”.
What does pianissimo mean in English?
adverb
- 1
pianissimo
noun
- 1
masculinepianissimo
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Très doucement. 2. Très doucement, très lentement.
noun: 1. Morceau joué très doucement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pianissimo
- pianissimos plural
- pianissimi plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pianissimo?
- /pja.ni.si.mo/
- \pja.ni.si.mo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pianissimo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pianissimo in French?
pianissimo appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).