P = piano, pp = pianissimo, and ppp = pianississimo, Sometimes pp means più piano (more softly).
⁂ So f = forte, ff = fortissimo, and fff = fortississimo.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.