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soprano has definitions from the fields of music,performing arts
1
[ noun ] (music,performing arts) a female singer

Used in print

(Chicago Daily Tribune...)

No casts are listed , but Lotte_Lehmann sent_word that the Negro soprano , Grace_Bumbry , will sing Venus in `` Tannhaeuser '' .

(The Christian Science Monitor,...)

What followed the outburst brought almost breathless silence as Miss_Sutherland revealed her mastery of a voice probably unique among sopranos today .

Related terms

singer coloratura leontyne_price jenny_lind eileen_farrell dame_kiri_janette_te_kanawa jessye_norman beverly_sills dame_joan_sutherland renata_tebaldi brigit_nilsson helen_traubel mezzo-soprano

2
[ noun ] (music) the highest female voice; the voice of a boy before puberty

Related terms

singing_voice

3
[ adjective ] having or denoting a high range

Synonyms

treble

Examples

"soprano voice" "soprano sax" "the boy still had a fine treble voice" "the treble clef"

Related terms

high

4
[ noun ] (music) the pitch range of the highest female voice

Synonyms

treble

Related terms

high_pitch treble

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Rhymes with

piano galliano nagano llano mexicano gitano marciano guano milano

Phonetic and Homophones

S AH0 P R AE1 N OW0
S AH0 P R AA1 N OW0

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sopranino

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