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soprano

English

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Etymology

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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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Noun

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soprano (plural sopranos or soprani or sopranoes)

a soprano voice singing Vivaldi's Motet for Soprano and Orchestra
  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.
    Synonyms: sop, (informal) [Term?]
    boy soprano
    soprano saxophone
    • 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.

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Verb

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

  1. To sing or utter with high pitch.
    • 1953, Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel:
      "Sure they ain't done me no harm," sopranoed the woman.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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

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soprano m (plural sopranos)

  1. soprano

French

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Etymology

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

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soprano m (plural sopranos)

  1. soprano
    Synonym: soprane

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Italian

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 soprano on Italian Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /soˈpra.no/
  • Rhymes: -ano
  • Hyphenation: so‧prà‧no

Noun

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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

Norman

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Etymology

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

Noun

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soprano m (plural sopranos)

  1. (Jersey, music) soprano

Portuguese

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Etymology

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

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  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnu, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nu
  • Hyphenation: so‧pra‧no

Noun

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soprano m (plural sopranos)

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

Noun

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soprano m or f by sense (plural sopranos)

  1. soprano (person singing with a soprano voice)

Romanian

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soprano n (plural soprane)

  1. Alternative form of sopran

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative soprano sopranoul sopranouri sopranourile
genitive-dative soprano sopranoului sopranouri sopranourilor
vocative sopranoule sopranourilor

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /soˈpɾano/ [soˈpɾa.no]
  • Rhymes: -ano
  • Syllabification: so‧pra‧no

Noun

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soprano m or f by sense (plural sopranos)

  1. soprano (singer)

Noun

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soprano m (plural sopranos)

  1. soprano (pitch)

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