Meanings
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noun
the highest female voice
The soprano sustained the final high note.
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Derived forms
mezzo-sopranosopraninosopranistsopranoistsopranolesssopranolike
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.