soprano
pronunciation
How to pronounce soprano in British English:
UK [səˈprɑ:nəʊ]
How to pronounce soprano in American English:
US [səˈprɑnoʊ]
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- Noun:
- a female singer
- the highest female voice; the voice of a boy before puberty
- the pitch range of the highest female voice
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- Adjective:
- having or denoting a high range
Word Origin
- soprano
- soprano: see super
- soprano (n.)
- 1738, "the highest singing voice," ranging easily through the two octaves above middle C, from Italian soprano "the treble in music," literally "high," from sopra "above," from Latin supra, fem. ablative singular of super (see super-). Meaning "a singer having a soprano voice" is from 1738. As an adjective from 1730. Soprano saxophone is attested from 1859.
Example
- 1. It includes examples from a soprano and an emcee / beatboxer .
- 2. Little sister could have been the soprano of rhineland manor and the bronx botanical garden .
- 3. A woman , meanwhile , can enjoy the soprano even while appreciating the orchestra on more than one level .
- 4. He has made south africa his home and isango his family ; he is married to the musical director , a world-class soprano named pauline malefane .
- 5. One of our star singers , the russian soprano , marina poplavskaya , last week packed her bags and left the country .