Cantatrice
//kɑ̃təˈtriːs// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A professional female singer.
"An hour later we left the Colosseum, but not till we had heard that soaring voice again, vibrating in our very hearts, and saw the young cantatrice appear with a knot of Russian violets pinned upon the bosom which rose and fell in an ecstasy of song."
Example
More examples"An hour later we left the Colosseum, but not till we had heard that soaring voice again, vibrating in our very hearts, and saw the young cantatrice appear with a knot of Russian violets pinned upon the bosom which rose and fell in an ecstasy of song."
Etymology
From French or Italian cantatrice.
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