soprano : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: soprano	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for soprano
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
soprano adj having or denoting a high range; "soprano voice"; "soprano sax"; "the boy still had a fine treble voice"; "the treble clef" Synonym(s): soprano, treble n a female singer the highest female voice; the voice of a boy before puberty the pitch range of the highest female voice Synonym(s): soprano, treble
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Soprano \Sopra"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.