soprano
nounverbattested in dialogue
- United States//səˈpɹænoʊ//
The musical part higher in pitch than alto, typically encompassing the range of the treble clef.
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.
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.
verb
- 1
To sing or utter with high pitch.
"Sure they ain't done me no harm," sopranoed the woman.
Forms
- plural
- sopranos, soprani, sopranoes
- past tense
- sopranoed
- past participle
- sopranoed
- present participle
- sopranoing
- third person singular
- sopranos
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