sotto voce
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See also: sottovoce
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian sottovoce (literally “under [the] voice”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sotto voce (not comparable)
- (of speech, of a voice, etc) In soft tones; quiet.
- 1913, D. H. Lawrence, chapter 5, in Sons and Lovers:
- Then a man called for her, and began to make coarse jokes. But Mr. Pappleworth nodded his head in the direction of the boy, and the talk went on sotto voce.
- 1985, Gary Russell, Divided Loyalties, page 38:
- ‘Hello?’ she shouted, but still her voice came out barely louder than a sotto voce whisper.
- 2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 89:
- The Boyz also regularly speak in sotto voce, mimicking the grave, hushed tones often adopted by nature/wildlife programming hosts.
- (music) Soft, instruments or voice.
- Synonym: (informal) sotto
Adverb
[edit]sotto voce (not comparable)
- (of speech, of a voice, etc) Quietly.
- 1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC:
- "I am not your dear; I cannot lie down. Send me to school soon, Mrs. Reed, for I hate to live here." I will indeed send her to school soon," murmured Mrs. Reed sotto voce; and gathering up her work, she abruptly quitted the apartment.
- 2007 February 25, William Shaw, quoting Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza, “We Are Not a Muse”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- “Darling,” she says, “a working-class hero is something to be. “Of course,” she adds, sotto voce, “I wouldn’t know.”
- (music) Sung or played softly, instruments or voice.
- Synonym: (informal) sotto
Translations
[edit]quietly (of speech)
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Noun
[edit]sotto voce (plural sotto voci)
- (music) A direction in a score that a passage in a piece should be played softly, or sung in a low voice, when applied to vocal music.
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Italian sottovoce.
Adverb
[edit]- (music) sotto voce
- Synonym: berbisik
Further reading
[edit]- “sotto voce” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- Alternative form of sottovoce
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