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soprano
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun soprano has 3 senses
- soprano(n = noun.person) Array - a female singer; Array has particulars: coloratura, coloratura soprano, mezzo, mezzo-soprano, eileen farrell, farrell, jenny lind, lind, swedish nightingale, brigit nilsson, marta brigit nilsson, nilsson, jessye norman, norman, ponselle, rosa melba ponselle, rosa ponselle, leontyne price, mary leontyne price, price, belle miriam silverman, beverly sills, sills, dame joan sutherland, joan sutherland, sutherland, renata tebaldi, tebaldi, dame kiri janette te kanawa, dame kiri te kanawa, te kanawa, helen traubel, traubel
- soprano(n = noun.communication) Array - the highest female voice; the voice of a boy before puberty; Array is a kind of singing voice
- soprano(n = noun.attribute) treble - the pitch range of the highest female voice; Array is a kind of pitch
is a kind of singer, vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizer
Adjective soprano has 1 sense
- soprano(s = adj.all) treble - having or denoting a high range; "soprano voice"; "soprano sax"; "the boy still had a fine treble voice"; "the treble clef"
CIDE DICTIONARY
soprano, n. [It., fr. soprano superior, highest, fr. sopra above, L. supra. See Sovereign.].
The treble; the highest vocal register; the highest kind of female or boy's voice; the upper part in harmony for mixed voices. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
soprano, n. (pl. -os or soprani)
1 a the highest singing-voice. b a female or boy singer with this voice. c a part written for it.
2 a an instrument of a high or the highest pitch in its family. b its player.
1 a the highest singing-voice. b a female or boy singer with this voice. c a part written for it.
2 a an instrument of a high or the highest pitch in its family. b its player.
Idiom
soprano-clef an obsolete clef placing middle C on the lowest line of the staff.
Etymology
It. f. sopra above f. L supra
THESAURUS
soprano
Heldentenor, Meistersinger, accompaniment, alto, aria singer, baritenor, baritone, bass, basso, basso buffo, basso cantante, basso continuo, basso ostinato, basso profundo, bassus, blues singer, bravura, canary, cantatrice, canto, cantor, cantus, cantus figuratus, cantus planus, caroler, chanter, chantress, choral, choric, coloratura, coloratura soprano, comic bass, continuo, contralto, countertenor, crooner, deep bass, descant, diva, dramatic, dramatic soprano, drone, falsetto, figured bass, ground bass, head register, head tone, head voice, heroic, heroic tenor, high, high-pitched, high-sounding, high-toned, hymnal, hymner, improvisator, lead singer, lieder singer, line, liturgical, lyric, male alto, melodist, mezzo-soprano, opera singer, operatic, part, plain chant, plain song, prick song, prima donna, psalm singer, psalmic, psalmodial, psalmodic, rock-and-roll singer, sacred, singer, singing, singstress, songbird, songster, songstress, tenor, thorough bass, torch singer, treble, undersong, vocal, vocalist, vocalizer, voice, voice part, warbler, yodelerROGET THESAURUS
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Stridor
N stridor, creak, creaking, discord, stridor, roughness, sharpness cacophony, cacoepy, acute note, high note, soprano, treble, tenor, alto, falsetto, penny trumpet, voce di testa, creaking, stridulous, harsh, coarse, hoarse, horrisonous, rough, gruff, grum, sepulchral, hollow, sharp, high, acute, shrill, trumpet-toned, piercing, ear-piercing, high-pitched, high-toned, cracked, discordant, cacophonous.
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