soprano
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
soprano /səˈprɑːnəʊ/
▶noun (pl. sopranos)
- 1 the highest singing voice.
- 2 an instrument of a high or the highest pitch in its family.
– origin C18: Ital., from sopra ‘above’, from L. supra.
'soprano' also found in these Oxford entries:
castrato
- coloratura
- Melba sauce
- mezzo
- peach Melba
- SATB
- sopranino
- soprano clef
- soprano recorder
- spinto
- voice
