soprano

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.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /səˈpɹænoʊ/

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soprano (plural sopranos or soprani or sopranoes)

1. Musical part or section higher in pitch than alto and other sections.
2. 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)

• (voice types): soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto (female); countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass (male)
• (music) SATB (Initialism of soprano, alto, tenor, bass.)

soprano (third-person singular simple present sopranos, present participle sopranoing, simple past and past participle sopranoed)

1. to sing or utter with high pitch, like a soprano singer

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• Proanos, pronaos

Borrowed from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superanus, from Latin super. Doublet of the inherited sobirà.

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /soˈpɾa.no/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /suˈpɾa.nu/

soprano m (plural sopranos)

1. soprano

Borrowed from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superanus, from Latin super. Doublet of the inherited souverain.

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.pʁa.no/

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• Homophone: sopranos

soprano m (plural sopranos)

1. soprano

   Synonym: soprane

• “soprano” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Vulgar Latin *superānus, from Latin super. Also from *superānus: Italian sovrano.

soprano m (plural soprani)

1. a singer, commonly a woman, with a register higher than alto and the rest of the parts: soprano leggero, soprano lirico
2. the upper part in harmony for mixed voices: parte di soprano
3. instrument that performs the soprano part: flauto soprano

Borrowed from English soprano, from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superānus, from Latin super.

soprano m (plural sopranos)

1. (Jersey, music) soprano

Borrowed from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superanus, from Latin super. Doublet of soberano.

soprano m (plural sopranos)

1. (music) soprano (the highest vocal range)

soprano m, f (plural sopranos)

1. soprano (person singing with a soprano voice)

Borrowed from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superanus, from Latin super. Doublet of soberano.

• IPA^(key): /soˈpɾano/
• Rhymes: -ano

soprano m or f (plural sopranos)

1. soprano (singer)

soprano m (plural sopranos)

1. soprano (pitch)