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