soprano

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: so=pran=o

CIDE DICTIONARY

soprano, n. [It., fr. soprano superior, highest, fr. sopra above, L. supra. See Sovereign.].

 The treble; the highest vocal register; the highest kind of female or boy's voice; the upper part in harmony for mixed voices.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

soprano, n. (pl. -os or soprani)
1 a the highest singing-voice. b a female or boy singer with this voice. c a part written for it.
2 a an instrument of a high or the highest pitch in its family. b its player.

Idiom

soprano-clef an obsolete clef placing middle C on the lowest line of the staff.

Etymology

It. f. sopra above f. L supra

THESAURUS

soprano

Heldentenor, Meistersinger, accompaniment, alto, aria singer, baritenor, baritone, bass, basso, basso buffo, basso cantante, basso continuo, basso ostinato, basso profundo, bassus, blues singer, bravura, canary, cantatrice, canto, cantor, cantus, cantus figuratus, cantus planus, caroler, chanter, chantress, choral, choric, coloratura, coloratura soprano, comic bass, continuo, contralto, countertenor, crooner, deep bass, descant, diva, dramatic, dramatic soprano, drone, falsetto, figured bass, ground bass, head register, head tone, head voice, heroic, heroic tenor, high, high-pitched, high-sounding, high-toned, hymnal, hymner, improvisator, lead singer, lieder singer, line, liturgical, lyric, male alto, melodist, mezzo-soprano, opera singer, operatic, part, plain chant, plain song, prick song, prima donna, psalm singer, psalmic, psalmodial, psalmodic, rock-and-roll singer, sacred, singer, singing, singstress, songbird, songster, songstress, tenor, thorough bass, torch singer, treble, undersong, vocal, vocalist, vocalizer, voice, voice part, warbler, yodeler

ROGET THESAURUS

soprano

Stridor

N stridor, creak, creaking, discord, stridor, roughness, sharpness cacophony, cacoepy, acute note, high note, soprano, treble, tenor, alto, falsetto, penny trumpet, voce di testa, creaking, stridulous, harsh, coarse, hoarse, horrisonous, rough, gruff, grum, sepulchral, hollow, sharp, high, acute, shrill, trumpet-toned, piercing, ear-piercing, high-pitched, high-toned, cracked, discordant, cacophonous.