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SOPRANO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: soprani   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The pitch range of the highest female voice

Synonyms:

soprano; treble

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("soprano" is a kind of...):

pitch (the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The highest female voice; the voice of a boy before puberty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("soprano" is a kind of...):

singing voice (the musical quality of the voice while singing)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A female singer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("soprano" is a kind of...):

singer; vocaliser; vocalist; vocalizer (a person who sings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "soprano"):

coloratura; coloratura soprano (a lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music)

mezzo; mezzo-soprano (a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto)

Instance hyponyms:

Eileen Farrell; Farrell (United States operatic soprano noted for the clarity and power of her voice (1920-2002))

Jenny Lind; Lind; Swedish Nightingale (Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887))

Brigit Nilsson; Marta Brigit Nilsson; Nilsson (Swedish operatic soprano who played Wagnerian roles (born in 1918))

Jessye Norman; Norman (United States operatic soprano (born in 1945))

Ponselle; Rosa Melba Ponselle; Rosa Ponselle (United States soprano (1897-1981))

Leontyne Price; Mary Leontyne Price; Price (United States operatic soprano (born 1927))

Belle Miriam Silverman; Beverly Sills; Sills (United States operatic soprano (born in 1929))

Dame Joan Sutherland; Joan Sutherland; Sutherland (Australian operatic soprano (born in 1926))

Renata Tebaldi; Tebaldi (Italian operatic soprano (born in 1922))

Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa; Dame Kiri Te Kanawa; Te Kanawa (New Zealand operatic soprano (born in 1944))

Helen Traubel; Traubel (United States operatic soprano (1903-1972))

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having or denoting a high range

Example:

the treble clef

Synonyms:

soprano; treble

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

high; high-pitched (used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency)

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