See sotto voce in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC:",
"text": "\"I am not your dear; I cannot lie down. Send me to school soon, Mrs. Reed, for I hate to live here.\" I will indeed send her to school soon,\" murmured Mrs. Reed sotto voce; and gathering up her work, she abruptly quitted the apartment.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2007 February 25, William Shaw, quoting Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza, “We Are Not a Muse”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
"text": "“Darling,” she says, “a working-class hero is something to be. “Of course,” she adds, sotto voce, “I wouldn’t know.”",
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}
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"Quietly."
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"(of speech, of a voice, etc) Quietly."
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"(music) Sung or played softly, instruments or voice."
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"tags": [
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"word": "sotto"
}
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],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
]
}
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"ipa": "/ˌsɒtəʊ ˈvəʊtʃeɪ/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌsɑtoʊ ˈvoʊtʃi/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "quietly (of speech)",
"word": "duonvoĉe"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "quietly (of speech)",
"word": "poolel häälel"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "quietly (of speech)",
"word": "sosinal"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "quietly (of speech)",
"word": "à mi-voix"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "quietly (of speech)",
"word": "tout bas"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "xmadabla",
"sense": "quietly (of speech)",
"word": "ხმადაბლა"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "quietly (of speech)",
"word": "sottovoce"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "quietly (of speech)",
"word": "sotto voce"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "quietly (of speech)",
"word": "a bassa voce"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "quietly (of speech)",
"word": "piano"
},
{
"alt": "ちいさなこえで",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chīsana koe de",
"sense": "quietly (of speech)",
"word": "小さな声で"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "taggudaniyalli",
"sense": "quietly (of speech)",
"word": "ತಗ್ಗುದನಿಯಲ್ಲಿ"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "meludaniyalli",
"sense": "quietly (of speech)",
"word": "ಮೆಲುದನಿಯಲ್ಲಿ"
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"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "mettage",
"sense": "quietly (of speech)",
"word": "ಮೆತ್ತಗೆ"
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{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "tannaṣṭakke tānē",
"sense": "quietly (of speech)",
"word": "ತನ್ನಷ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ ತಾನೇ"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "quietly (of speech)",
"word": "cicho"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "quietly (of speech)",
"word": "półgłosem"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vpolgólosa",
"sense": "quietly (of speech)",
"word": "вполго́лоса"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tíxo",
"sense": "quietly (of speech)",
"word": "ти́хо"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "quietly (of speech)",
"word": "en voz baja"
}
],
"word": "sotto voce"
}
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"2": "it",
"3": "sottovoce",
"lit": "under the voice"
},
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"name": "bor+"
}
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"form": "sotto voci",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"A direction in a score that a passage in a piece should be played softly, or sung in a low voice, when applied to vocal music."
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"softly",
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"(music) A direction in a score that a passage in a piece should be played softly, or sung in a low voice, when applied to vocal music."
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌsɒtəʊ ˈvəʊtʃeɪ/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌsɑtoʊ ˈvoʊtʃi/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"word": "sotto voce"
}
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