soprano

English

 Soprano (disambiguation) on Wikipedia

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.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /səˈpɹænoʊ/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

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.

   Synonym: sop

   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.

Coordinate terms

• (voice types): mezzo-soprano, contralto (female); countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass (male)
• (music) SATB

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

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.

See also

• soprano on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Proanos, pronaos

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian)

Noun

soprano m (plural sopranos)

1. soprano

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.pʁa.no/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophone: sopranos

Noun

soprano m (plural sopranos)

1. soprano

   Synonym: soprane

Further reading

• “soprano”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Italian

 soprano on Italian Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Etymology

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

Noun

soprano m (plural sopranos)

1. (Jersey, music) soprano

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

soprano m (plural sopranos)

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

Noun

soprano m or f by sense (plural sopranos)

1. soprano (person singing with a soprano voice)

Romanian

Noun

soprano n (plural soprane)

1. Alternative form of sopran

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈpɾano/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: so‧pra‧no

Noun

soprano m or f by sense (plural sopranos)

1. soprano (singer)

Noun

soprano m (plural sopranos)

1. soprano (pitch)

Further reading

• “soprano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014