fortissimo

 
Pronunciation: /fɔːˈtɪsɪməʊ/
Music

adverb & adjective

  • (especially as a direction) very loud or loudly: the movement ends with a fortissimo coda

noun (plural fortissimos or fortissimi /-mi/)

  • a passage performed or marked to be performed very loudly: Tchaikovsky’s fortissimos are given plenty of weight in the bass

Origin:

Italian, from Latin fortissimus 'very strong'