soprano

Italian (Fiorentino)

noun
Definitions
  • a singer, commonly a woman, with a register higher than alto and the rest of the parts: soprano leggero, soprano lirico
  • the upper part in harmony for mixed voices: parte di soprano
  • instrument that performs the soprano part: flauto soprano

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Inherited from Latin *superānus, super (above, over, on, on top of).

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super

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above, over, on, on top of

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