"soprano" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /səˈpɹænoʊ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-soprano.ogg [US] Forms: soprano a soprano voice singing Vivaldi's Motet for Soprano and Orchestra [canonical], sopranos [plural], soprani [plural], sopranoes [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|soprano}} Italian soprano, {{der|en|VL.|*superānus}} Vulgar Latin *superānus, {{der|en|la|super|t=above}} Latin super (“above”), {{doublet|en|sovereign}} Doublet of sovereign Head templates: {{en-noun|s|soprani|sopranoes}} soprano (plural sopranos or soprani or sopranoes)
  1. The musical part higher in pitch than alto, typically encompassing the range of the treble clef. Categories (topical): Musical voices and registers Translations (pitch): 女高音 (nǚgāoyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), soprán [masculine] (Czech), sopraano (Finnish), soprano [masculine] (French), soprano [masculine] (Galician), სოპრანო (soṗrano) (Georgian), Sopran [masculine] (German), kopolano (Hawaiian), szoprán (Hungarian), sopran (Indonesian), ソプラノ (sopurano) (Japanese), soprano (Malay), reo kōtike (Maori), reo tōiri (Maori), leo kula (Niuean), sopran [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sopran [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), soprano [masculine] (Portuguese), soprană [feminine] (Romanian), сопра́но (sopráno) [indeclinable, neuter] (Russian), soprano [masculine] (Spanish), sopran [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-soprano-en-noun-F9uBqKJb Disambiguation of Musical voices and registers: 57 38 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 48 2 Disambiguation of 'pitch': 100 0
  2. A person or instrument that performs the soprano part. Categories (topical): Musicians, People Synonyms: sop Coordinate_terms (voice types): mezzo-soprano, contralto [feminine], countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass [masculine] Translations (person or instrument): soprano [feminine] (Catalan), sopraano (Finnish), soprano [feminine, masculine] (Galician), სოპრანო (soṗrano) (Georgian), kopolano (Hawaiian), szoprán (Hungarian), sopran [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sopran [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), soprano [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), soprană [feminine] (Romanian), сопра́но (sopráno) [indeclinable, neuter] (Russian), soprano [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), sopran [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-soprano-en-noun-t~dffGj6 Disambiguation of Musicians: 43 55 2 Disambiguation of People: 30 70 0 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 48 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 39 59 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 40 57 2 Disambiguation of 'voice types': 31 69 Disambiguation of 'person or instrument': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lyric soprano, mezzo-soprano, sing soprano, sopranino, sopranist, soprano recorder, soprano sax, soprano saxophone, soprano saxophonist, spinto soprano Coordinate_terms: SATB [music, entertainment, lifestyle]

Verb

IPA: /səˈpɹænoʊ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-soprano.ogg [US] Forms: sopranos [present, singular, third-person], sopranoing [participle, present], sopranoed [participle, past], sopranoed [past]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|soprano}} Italian soprano, {{der|en|VL.|*superānus}} Vulgar Latin *superānus, {{der|en|la|super|t=above}} Latin super (“above”), {{doublet|en|sovereign}} Doublet of sovereign Head templates: {{en-verb}} soprano (third-person singular simple present sopranos, present participle sopranoing, simple past and past participle sopranoed)
  1. To sing or utter with high pitch.
    Sense id: en-soprano-en-verb-9kFemTRu

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