| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| |
| fortissimo (adv., adj., n.) |
| |
| |
| The three parts of speech mean respectively “very loud,” “very loudly,” and “a very loud passage,” and the noun has two plurals in English: the regular fortissimos and the Italian fortissimi. All are music terms, but they can be used figuratively too. See FOREIGN PLURALS; PLURALS OF NOUNS ENDING IN -O. | 1 |
| |
| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
|
|
