soprano

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/səˈpɹænoʊ/

Definition of soprano

4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The musical part higher in pitch than alto, typically encompassing the range of the treble clef.
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noun

  1. The musical part higher in pitch than alto, typically encompassing the range of the treble clef.
  2. A person or instrument that performs the soprano part.
    “boy soprano”
    “soprano saxophone”
    “I was only once faced with the task of auditioning a nimiety of sopranos.”

verb

  1. To sing or utter with high pitch.
    “"Sure they ain't done me no harm," sopranoed the woman.”

name

  1. A surname from Italian.
    “Fictional male antiheroes like television’s crime patriarchs Tony Soprano and Walter White have reigned for some time, but the antiheroine has only more recently had the opportunity to rise up – and become the cause of her own downfall.”

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Etymology

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.

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