Soprano

//səˈpɹænoʊ// name, noun, verb

name, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The musical part higher in pitch than alto, typically encompassing the range of the treble clef.
  2. 2
    the pitch range of the highest female voice wordnet
  3. 3
    A person or instrument that performs the soprano part.

    "boy soprano"

  4. 4
    the highest female voice; the voice of a boy before puberty wordnet
  5. 5
    a female singer with the highest vocal range of all the voice type wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To sing or utter with high pitch.

    ""Sure they ain't done me no harm," sopranoed the woman."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having or denoting a high range wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Italian.

Synonyms

All synonyms
highmezzo sopranoaccompanimentaltoaria singerbaritenor

Example

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"The soprano received thunderous applause for her performance."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superānus, adjective from preposition Latin super (“above”). Doublet of sovereign, from the same Latin root via Old French.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian Soprano.

Related phrases

coloratura sopranodramatic sopranolyric sopranomezzo-sopranooperatic sopranosing sopranosinging sopranosoprano clarinetsoprano recordersoprano saxsoprano saxophonesoprano saxophonist

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