Hypertext Webster Gateway: "soprano"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Soprano \So*pra"no\, n.; pl. E. {Sopranos}, It. {Soprani}. [It.,
fr. soprano superior, highest, fr. sopra above, L. supra. See
{Sovereign}.] (Mus.)
(a) The treble; the highest vocal register; the highest kind
of female or boy's voice; the upper part in harmony for
mixed voices.
(b) A singer, commonly a woman, with a treble voice.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
soprano
adj : having or denoting a high range; "soprano voice"; "soprano
sax"; "the boy still had a fine treble voice"; "the
treble clef" [syn: {treble}]
n 1: a female singer
2: the highest female voice; the voice of a boy before puberty
3: the pitch range of the highest female voice [syn: {treble}]
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