soprano
English edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /səˈpɹænoʊ/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun edit
soprano (plural sopranos or soprani or sopranoes)
a soprano voice singing Vivaldi's Motet for Soprano and Orchestra
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- The musical part higher in pitch than alto, typically encompassing the range of the treble clef.
- A person or instrument that performs the soprano part.
- 2008, Denis Norden, chapter 8, in Chips from a Life, →ISBN:
- I was only once faced with the task of auditioning a nimiety of sopranos.
Coordinate terms edit
- (voice types): mezzo-soprano, contralto (female); countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass (male)
- (music) SATB
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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Verb edit
soprano (third-person singular simple present sopranos, present participle sopranoing, simple past and past participle sopranoed)
- To sing or utter with high pitch.
- 1953, Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel:
- "Sure they ain't done me no harm," sopranoed the woman.
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superanus, from Latin super. Doublet of the inherited sobirà.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
soprano m (plural sopranos)
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superanus, from Latin super. Doublet of the inherited souverain.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
soprano m (plural sopranos)
Further reading edit
- “soprano”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *superānus, from Latin super. Also from *superānus: Italian sovrano.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
soprano m (plural soprani)
- a singer, commonly a woman, with a register higher than alto and the rest of the parts: soprano leggero, soprano lirico
- the upper part in harmony for mixed voices: parte di soprano
- instrument that performs the soprano part: flauto soprano
Norman edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English soprano, from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superānus, from Latin super.
Noun edit
soprano m (plural sopranos)
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superanus, from Latin super. Doublet of soberano.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
soprano m (plural sopranos)
Noun edit
soprano m or f by sense (plural sopranos)
- soprano (person singing with a soprano voice)
Romanian edit
Noun edit
soprano n (plural soprane)
- Alternative form of sopran
Declension edit
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) soprano | sopranoul | (niște) sopranouri | sopranourile |
genitive/dative | (unui) soprano | sopranoului | (unor) sopranouri | sopranourilor |
vocative | sopranoule | sopranourilor |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superanus, from Latin super. Doublet of soberano.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
soprano m or f by sense (plural sopranos)
- soprano (singer)
Noun edit
soprano m (plural sopranos)
- soprano (pitch)
Further reading edit
- “soprano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014