Definition of 'soprano'
noun plural -pranos or -prani (-ˈprɑːniː)
See also treble1.
the highest adult female voice, having a range approximately from middle C to the A a thirteenth above it
3.
a singer with such a voice
4.
the highest part of a piece of harmony
5.
a.
the highest or second highest instrument in a family of instruments
b.
(as modifier)
a soprano saxophone
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Word origin of 'soprano'
C18: from Italian, from sopra above, from Latin suprā nounWord forms: plural soˈpranos or soˈprani (səˈprɑni
; səpräˈnē)
1.
the range of the highest voice of women or boys, usually from middle C to two or
more octaves above
2.
a.
a voice or singer with such a range
b.
an instrument with a similar range within its family, as a soprano recorder
c.
a part for such a voice or instrument
3.
in four-part harmony, the highest part
adjective
4.
of, for, or having the range of a soprano
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Word origin of 'soprano'
It < sopra, above < L supraExample sentences containing 'soprano'
Times, Sunday Times (2008) Times, Sunday Times (2009) A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since
1945 (2003) Times, Sunday Times (2007) A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since
1945 (2003) Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Her shrill soprano voice can put you off at first, but give it time.
Christianity Today (2000) Times, Sunday Times (2010)Her change to the dramatic soprano rep is on the whole a success, although she pushed for her top notes.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)Most American sopranos are just singers.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)A singer transforming her voice from soprano to mezzo-soprano is no longer necessarily the prima donna.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)Her robust lyric soprano, allied to striking good looks, should make her a godsend in this repertoire.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)The soprano voice still packs a steady punch; her sense of the dramatic can make the Wigmore fixtures quake.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)The grief was intense, was really sharp, but the joy was like a high soprano voice rising above the choir.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)Though better than an hour with a squealing pig, close confinement with a soprano saxophone doesn't offer the ear vast variety.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)His mother, who had a good soprano voice and a love of light opera, was employed in a factory that made artificial flowers.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)It wasn't just that she was trained as a soprano when her voice was a mezzo - which led to a very public hiatus in her career.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)Trends of 'soprano'
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Translations for 'soprano'
British English: soprano /səˈprɑːnəʊ/
NOUN
A soprano is a woman, girl, or boy with a high singing voice.She was the main soprano at the theatre.
A soprano is a woman, girl, or boy with a high singing voice.She was the main soprano at the theatre.
- Arabic: صَوْتُ السُّوبْرَانُو
- Brazilian Portuguese: soprano
- Chinese: 女高音
- Croatian: sopran
- Czech: soprán
- Danish: sopran
- Dutch: sopraan
- European Spanish: soprano
- Finnish: sopraano
- French: soprano
- German: Sopran
- Greek: σοπράνο
- Italian: soprano
- Japanese: ソプラノ
- Korean: 소프라노
- Norwegian: sopran
- Polish: sopran
- Portuguese: soprano
- Romanian: sopran soprană, soprani, soprane
- Russian: сопрано
- Spanish: soprano
- Swedish: sopran
- Thai: นักร้องหญิงที่ร้องเสียงสูงสุด
- Turkish: soprano
- Ukrainian: сопрано
- Vietnamese: giọng nữ cao
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