cantatrice

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a professional female singer, especially an opera singer

   The celebrated cantatrice received a standing ovation after the aria.

Borrowed from Italian cantatrice, the feminine form of cantatore ‘singer,’ from cantare ‘to sing.’ French has the same form, and both languages influenced its literary use in English.

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