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Sopran

soprano

noun zo-PRAHN Rare

Origin: from Italian soprano

Usage Note

Sopran is the highest voice register and is grammatically masculine even when the singer is a woman; the singer herself is a Sopranistin. Stress falls on the second syllable.

Examples

"Im Quartett übernahm sie den Sopran."

Natural Translation

In the quartet she took the soprano part.

Literal Translation

In-the quartet took she the soprano.

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