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baritone

noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈbæɹ.ɪ.təʊn/
  • US: /ˈbæɹ.ɪ.toʊn/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: B EH1 R AH0 T OW2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The male voice between tenor and bass.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bari

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The musical range between tenor and bass.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A person, instrument, or group that performs in the range between tenor and bass.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bari

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A brass instrument similar to the euphonium, but with a cylindrical bore instead of a conical one; a baritone saxhorn.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Alternative form of barytone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

lower in range than tenor and higher than bass

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a baritone voice
  • baritone oboe

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

the second lowest brass wind instrument

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: baritone horn

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: brass, brass instrument

8

noun

Meaning 8

the second lowest adult male singing voice

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: baritone voice

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: singing voice

9

noun

Meaning 9

a male singer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: barytone

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser

History

Etymology

From Italian baritono, from Ancient Greek βαρύτονος (barútonos), from βαρύς (barús, “heavy”) + τόνος (tónos, “tone”). Doublet of baryton and barytone.

Across languages

Translations

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: bariton — male voice
  • Armenian: բարիտոն (bariton) — male voice
  • Bulgarian: барито́н (baritón) — male voice
  • Catalan: baríton — male voice
  • Chinese Mandarin: 男中音 (nánzhōngyīn) — male voice
  • Danish: baryton — male voice
  • Dutch: bariton — male voice
  • Estonian: bariton — male voice
  • Finnish: baritoni — male voice
  • Finnish: barytoni — male voice
  • French: baryton — male voice
  • Georgian: ბარიტონი (bariṭoni) — male voice
  • German: Bariton — male voice
  • Hawaiian: leo kāne — male voice
  • Hebrew: בָּרִיטוֹן — male voice
  • Hungarian: bariton — male voice
  • Indonesian: bariton — male voice
  • Italian: baritono — male voice
  • Japanese: バリトン (bariton) — male voice
  • Korean: 바리톤 (bariton) — male voice
  • Korean: 남성중음 (namseongjung'eum) — male voice
  • Kyrgyz: баритон (bariton) — male voice
  • Lao: ບາລິໂທນ (bā li thōn) — male voice
  • Māori: reo mārū — male voice
  • Māori: reo tanguru — male voice
  • Norwegian Bokmål: baryton — male voice
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: baryton — male voice
  • Polish: baryton — male voice
  • Portuguese: barítono — male voice
  • Russian: барито́н (baritón) — male voice
  • Scottish Gaelic: baratòn — male voice
  • Slovak: barytón — male voice
  • Slovene: bariton — male voice
  • Spanish: barítono — male voice
  • Swedish: baryton — male voice
  • Tagalog: baritono — male voice
  • Albanian: bariton — musical range
  • Bulgarian: баритон (bariton) — musical range
  • Catalan: baríton — musical range
  • Dutch: bariton — musical range
  • Estonian: bariton — musical range
  • Finnish: baritoni — musical range
  • Georgian: ბარიტონი (bariṭoni) — musical range
  • German: Bariton — musical range
  • Hawaiian: leo hāʻoi — musical range
  • Indonesian: bariton — musical range
  • Italian: baritono — musical range
  • Polish: baryton — musical range
  • Portuguese: barítono — musical range
  • Russian: барито́н (baritón) — musical range
  • Scottish Gaelic: baratòn — musical range
  • Slovak: barytón — musical range
  • Slovene: bariton — musical range
  • Armenian: բարիտոն (bariton) — person, instrument or group
  • Bulgarian: барито́н (baritón) — person, instrument or group
  • Catalan: baríton — person, instrument or group
  • Danish: baryton — person, instrument or group
  • Finnish: baritoni — person, instrument or group
  • Hungarian: bariton — person, instrument or group
  • Kyrgyz: баритон (bariton) — person, instrument or group
  • Norwegian Bokmål: baryton — person, instrument or group
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: baryton — person, instrument or group
  • Polish: baryton — person, instrument or group
  • Scottish Gaelic: baratòn — person, instrument or group
  • Slovak: barytón — person, instrument or group
  • Swedish: baryton — person, instrument or group
  • Uzbek: bariton — person, instrument or group
  • Finnish: baritonitorvi — instrument similar to euphonium
  • Hawaiian: pū hāʻoi — instrument similar to euphonium
  • Icelandic: barítón — instrument similar to euphonium
  • Icelandic: baríton — instrument similar to euphonium
  • Norwegian Bokmål: baryton — instrument similar to euphonium
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: baryton — instrument similar to euphonium
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