soprano Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a female singer
  2. noun the highest female voice; the voice of a boy before puberty
  3. noun the pitch range of the highest female voice
    treble.
  4. adjective satellite having or denoting a high range
    treble.
    • soprano voice
    • soprano sax
    • the boy still had a fine treble voice
    • the treble clef

WordNet

So*pra"no noun
Etymology
It., fr. soprano superior, highest, fr. sopra above, L. supra. See Sovereign.
Wordforms
plural E Sopranos It Soprani
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913