piano nobile

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Etymology

From Italian piano nobile (“noble floor”).

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piano nobile (plural piano nobiles or piani nobili)

  1. (architecture) 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.
    Synonym: bel étage

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