name
Meaning 1
A surname from Italian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
soprano
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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General-American: /səˈpɹænoʊ/
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CMU ARPABET: S AH0 P R AA1 N OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: S AH0 P R AE1 N OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The musical part higher in pitch than alto, typically encompassing the range of the treble clef.
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noun
Meaning 3
A person or instrument that performs the soprano part.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- boy soprano
- soprano saxophone
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sop
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To sing or utter with high pitch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
having or denoting a high range
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- soprano voice
- soprano sax
- the boy still had a fine treble voice
- the treble clef
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: treble
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
the pitch range of the highest female voice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: treble
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pitch
noun
Meaning 7
the highest female voice; the voice of a boy before puberty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: singing voice
noun
Meaning 8
a female singer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser
Narrower terms: coloratura, coloratura soprano, mezzo-soprano, mezzo, Farrell, Eileen Farrell, Lind, Jenny Lind, Swedish Nightingale, Nilsson, Brigit Nilsson, Marta Brigit Nilsson, Norman, Jessye Norman, Ponselle, Rosa Ponselle, Rosa Melba Ponselle, Price, Leontyne Price, Mary Leontyne Price, Sills, Beverly Sills, Belle Miriam Silverman, Sutherland, Joan Sutherland, Dame Joan Sutherland, Tebaldi, Renata Tebaldi, Te Kanawa, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa, Traubel, Helen Traubel
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian Soprano.
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.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: сопран (sopran) — pitch
- Bulgarian: сопрано (soprano) — pitch
- Chinese Mandarin: 女高音 (nǚgāoyīn) — pitch
- Czech: soprán — pitch
- Danish: sopran — pitch
- Finnish: sopraano — pitch
- French: soprano — pitch
- Galician: soprano — pitch
- Georgian: სოპრანო (soṗrano) — pitch
- German: Sopran — pitch
- Hawaiian: kopolano — pitch
- Hungarian: szoprán — pitch
- Indonesian: sopran — pitch
- Japanese: ソプラノ (sopurano) — pitch
- Korean: 소프라노 (sopeurano) — pitch
- Korean: 여성고음 (yeoseonggo'eum) — pitch
- Korean: 녀성고음 (nyeoseonggo'eum) — pitch
- Malay: soprano — pitch
- Māori: reo kōtike — pitch
- Māori: reo tōiri — pitch
- Niuean: leo kula — pitch
- Norwegian Bokmål: sopran — pitch
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sopran — pitch
- Portuguese: soprano — pitch
- Romanian: soprană — pitch
- Russian: сопра́но (sopráno) — pitch
- Spanish: soprano — pitch
- Swedish: sopran — pitch
- Bulgarian: сопран (sopran) — person or instrument
- Bulgarian: сопрано (soprano) — person or instrument
- Catalan: soprano — person or instrument
- Chinese Mandarin: 高音 (gāoyīn) — person or instrument
- Chinese Mandarin: 女高音 (nǚgāoyīn) — person or instrument
- Danish: sopran — person or instrument
- Finnish: sopraano — person or instrument
- Galician: soprano — person or instrument
- Georgian: სოპრანო (soṗrano) — person or instrument
- Hawaiian: kopolano — person or instrument
- Hungarian: szoprán — person or instrument
- Māori: kaiwaiata tōiri (reo) — person or instrument
- Norwegian Bokmål: sopran — person or instrument
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sopran — person or instrument
- Portuguese: soprano — person or instrument
- Romanian: soprană — person or instrument
- Russian: сопра́но (sopráno) — person or instrument
- Spanish: soprano — person or instrument
- Swedish: sopran — person or instrument
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