soprano

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the highest female voice

   The soprano sustained the final high note.

Common collocations

• dramatic soprano Adjective + noun

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.

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