soprano

«soprano» in Mova's school dictionary: the highest singing voice, usually of women and girls… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a soprano, sopranos or soprani); adjective (soprano)

meaning for a pupil

1) A soprano is the highest singing voice, usually of women and girls, and also of boys before their voices break. tree →

2) A soprano is a singer with that voice. tree →

3) (adjective) Soprano describes an instrument in the highest range of its family: soprano recorder, soprano saxophone. tree →

sense in the lessons

In music lessons voices are grouped as soprano, alto, tenor and bass (SATB) in a choir. Children's school recorders are usually soprano (descant) recorders. Phrases: "sing soprano", "soprano part", "soprano line", "boy soprano".

examples

• My sister sings soprano in the school choir. tree →
• The soprano hit a very high note. tree →
• Boys can sing soprano before their voices break. tree →
• I play the soprano recorder. tree →
• The soprano part has the tune in this song. tree →
• A famous soprano sang at the opera house. tree →
• In SATB, S stands for soprano. tree →

note

Plural: sopranos (common) or soprani (old, Italian). It is an Italian word meaning "above". "Treble" is used for a boy soprano in the UK. Alto is the lower women's voice.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «soprano» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.