soprano

noun

/səˈpɹænoʊ/US

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.

derived from super — “above”
derived from *superānus✻
borrowed from soprano

Definitions

The musical part higher in pitch than alto, typically encompassing the range of the…
The musical part higher in pitch than alto, typically encompassing the range of the treble clef.
2
A person or instrument that performs the soprano part.
- boy soprano
- soprano saxophone
- I was only once faced with the task of auditioning a nimiety of sopranos.
3
To sing or utter with high pitch.
- "Sure they ain't done me no harm," sopranoed the woman.
›+ 1 more definitionshow fewer
1. 4
  A surname from Italian.
  - Fictional male antiheroes like television’s crime patriarchs Tony Soprano and Walter White have reigned for some time, but the antiheroine has only more recently had the opportunity to rise up – and become the cause of her own downfall.

The neighborhood

Derived

coloratura soprano, dramatic soprano, lyric soprano, mezzo-soprano, operatic soprano, singing soprano, sing soprano, sopranino, sopranist, soprano clarinet, sopranoist, sopranoless, sopranolike, soprano recorder, soprano sax, soprano saxophone, soprano saxophonist, spinto soprano

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for soprano. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA