colorature

English

Noun

colorature (plural coloratures)

1. (music) An elaborate melody, particularly in vocal music and especially in operatic singing of the 18th and 19th centuries, with runs, trills, leaps, etc.

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

colorature (plural coloratures)

1. (relational) coloratura

Noun

colorature f (plural coloratures)

1. (music) coloratura

Further reading

• “colorature”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

colorature f

1. plural of coloratura

Latin

Participle

colōrātūre

1. vocative masculine singular of colōrātūrus