# soprano
## English
### 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.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /səˈpɹænoʊ/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

soprano (plural sopranos or soprani or sopranoes)
* The musical part higher in pitch than alto, typically encompassing the range of the treble clef.
* A person or instrument that performs the soprano part.
    Synonyms: sop, (informal) [Term?]
    boy soprano
    soprano saxophone
** 2008, Denis Norden, chapter 8, in Chips from a Life, →ISBN:I was only once faced with the task of auditioning a nimiety of sopranos.

#### Coordinate terms

* (voice types): mezzo-soprano, contralto (female); countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass (male)
* (music) SATB

#### Derived terms

* lyric soprano
* mezzo-soprano
* singing soprano
* sing soprano
* sopranino
* sopranist
* soprano recorder
* soprano sax
* soprano saxophone
* soprano saxophonist
* spinto soprano

#### Translations

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### Verb

soprano (third-person singular simple present sopranos, present participle sopranoing, simple past and past participle sopranoed)
* To sing or utter with high pitch.
** 1953, Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel:"Sure they ain't done me no harm," sopranoed the woman.

### See also

* soprano on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Proanos, pronaos

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superanus, from Latin super. Doublet of the inherited sobirà.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [suˈpɾa.nu]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [soˈpɾa.no]

### Noun

soprano m (plural sopranos)
* soprano

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superanus, from Latin super. Doublet of the inherited souverain.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɔ.pʁa.no/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: sopranos

### Noun

soprano m (plural sopranos)
* soprano
    Synonym: soprane

### Further reading

* “soprano”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *superānus, from Latin super. Also from *superānus: Italian sovrano.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /soˈpra.no/
* Rhymes: -ano
* Hyphenation: so‧prà‧no

### Noun

soprano m (plural soprani)
* a singer, commonly a woman, with a register higher than alto and the rest of the parts: soprano leggero, soprano lirico
* the upper part in harmony for mixed voices: parte di soprano
* instrument that performs the soprano part: flauto soprano

## Norman
### Etymology

Borrowed from English soprano, from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superānus, from Latin super.

### Noun

soprano m (plural sopranos)
* (Jersey, music) soprano

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superanus, from Latin super. Doublet of soberano.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /soˈpɾɐ̃.nu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /soˈpɾɐ̃.nu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /soˈpɾɐ.no/
* (Portugal) IPA: /suˈpɾɐ.nu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /suˈpɾɐ.nu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /suˈpɾa.nu/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnu, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nu
* Hyphenation: so‧pra‧no

### Noun

soprano m (plural sopranos)
* (music) soprano (the highest vocal range)

### Noun

soprano m or f by sense (plural sopranos)
* soprano (person singing with a soprano voice)

## Romanian
### Noun

soprano n (plural soprane)
* Alternative form of sopran

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superanus, from Latin super. Doublet of soberano.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /soˈpɾano/ [soˈpɾa.no]
* Rhymes: -ano
* Syllabification: so‧pra‧no

### Noun

soprano m or f by sense (plural sopranos)
* soprano (singer)

### Noun

soprano m (plural sopranos)
* soprano (pitch)

### Further reading

* “soprano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10