soprano
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /səˈpɹænoʊ/
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NounEdit
soprano (plural sopranos or soprani or sopranoes)
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- Musical part or section higher in pitch than alto and other sections.
- 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.
- Synonym: sopranist (person)
Coordinate termsEdit
- (voice types): soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto (female); countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass (male)
- (music) SATB (Initialism of soprano, alto, tenor, bass.)
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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VerbEdit
soprano (third-person singular simple present sopranos, present participle sopranoing, simple past and past participle sopranoed)
- to sing or utter with high pitch, like a soprano singer
See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superanus, from Latin super. Doublet of the inherited sobirà.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
soprano m (plural sopranos)
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superanus, from Latin super. Doublet of the inherited souverain.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
soprano m (plural sopranos)
Further readingEdit
- “soprano” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *superānus, from Latin super. Also from *superānus: Italian sovrano.
NounEdit
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
NormanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English soprano, from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superānus, from Latin super.
NounEdit
soprano m (plural sopranos)
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superanus, from Latin super. Doublet of soberano.
NounEdit
soprano m (plural sopranos)
NounEdit
soprano m, f (plural sopranos)
- soprano (person singing with a soprano voice)
RomanianEdit
NounEdit
soprano n (plural soprane)
- Alternative form of sopran
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |||
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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 |
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superanus, from Latin super. Doublet of soberano.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
soprano m or f (plural sopranos)
- soprano (singer)
NounEdit
soprano m (plural sopranos)
- soprano (pitch)