baritone

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the adult male singing voice between tenor and bass in range

   His warm baritone carried easily across the hall.

2. 2
   noun

   a singer with a baritone voice

   The baritone performed the role with unusual tenderness.

3. 3
   adj

   having the range or tonal quality of a baritone voice

   She recognized his low baritone delivery on the recording.

4. 4
   noun

   a brass instrument in the tenor-to-bass range, especially the baritone horn

   The baritone reinforced the melody below the cornets.

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Simplified etymology

Baritone entered English in the early 17th century and ultimately derives from Greek barus, meaning “heavy,” and tonos, meaning “tone.”

Borrowed through Italian baritono from Greek barytonos, 'deep-sounding,' combining barys, 'heavy or deep,' + tonos, 'tone.' The name first classified a vocal range and was later applied to instruments occupying a similar register.

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