Meaning & use
Fortississimo
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In music, played or sung extremely loudly, even louder than fortissimo, marked 'fff' in a score.
See it in a sentence
The brass section hit the final chord fortississimo, filling the concert hall.
The composer marked the climax fortississimo to signal an overwhelming wall of sound.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from Italian, it intensifies 'forte' (loud) one step beyond 'fortissimo'.
Words with a similar meaning
very loudfff
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Words with an opposite meaning
pianississimo
Another way to use it
2. adjective
Extremely loud, as a musical passage or performance.
The final movement builds to a fortississimo crescendo.
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