mezzo-soprano

See also: mezzosoprano

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Italian mezzo-

Italian soprano

Italian mezzosopranobor.

English mezzo-soprano

Borrowed from Italian mezzosoprano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɛtsoʊsəˈpɹænoʊ/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

mezzo-soprano (plural mezzo-sopranos)

1. A voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contralto.
2. A person having such a voice.

Coordinate terms

• (voice types): soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto (female); countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass (male)

Related terms

• soprano

Translations

pitch

• Bulgarian: мецосопран m (mecosopran)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 女中音 (zh) (nǚzhōngyīn)

• Dutch: mezzosopraan (nl) m or f
• French: mezzo-soprano (fr) m
• Georgian: მეცო-სოპრანო (meco-soṗrano)
• German: Mezzosopran m
• Hungarian: mezzoszoprán (hu)
• Japanese: メゾソプラノ (mezosopurano)
• Korean: 메조소프라노 (mejosopeurano), 여성중음(女聲中音) (yeoseongjung'eum), 녀성중음(女聲中音) (ko) (nyeoseongjung'eum) (North Korea)
• Māori: reo pekerangi, reo kōtike
• Russian: меццо-сопра́но (ru) n (mecco-sopráno) (indeclinable)

person having such a voice

• Bulgarian: мецосопран m (mecosopran)
• Dutch: mezzosopraan (nl) m or f
• Georgian: მეცო-სოპრანო (meco-soṗrano)
• German: Mezzosopranistin f
• Hungarian: mezzoszoprán (hu)
• Māori: kaiwaiata (reo) pekerangi
• Russian: меццо-сопра́но (ru) n (mecco-sopráno) (indeclinable)

See also

• mezzo-soprano on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ.zo.sɔ.pʁa.no/ ~ /me.zo.sɔ.pʁa.no/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Noun

mezzo-soprano m or f by sense (plural mezzo-sopranos)

1. mezzo-soprano

Further reading

• “mezzo-soprano”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012