Dictionary

coloratura en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /kɒləɹəˈtjʊɹə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian coloratura, from Late Latin colōrātūra, from colōrāre (“to colour”).

Meanings

1. Pertaining to coloratura.
   • I drew a deep breath, this time fortunately unmixed with gin and tonic. I was profoundly stirred. “You mean,” I said, my voice quavering like that of a coloratura soprano, “that I went through that soul-shattering experience all for nothing?” 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
   • She has a lighter and more coloratura voice.

Forms

coloratura en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kɒləɹəˈtjʊɹə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian coloratura, from Late Latin colōrātūra, from colōrāre (“to colour”).

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Florid or fancy passages in vocal music.
   • The singing is generally excellent, with Simon Keenlyside standing out for his richly vocalized (and amusingly dour) Papageno and Diana Damrau for her spot-on coloratura and genuine venom as the Queen of the Night. 2004, The Video Librarian, volume 19, page 71:
2. (countable) A singer of such passages, especially a soprano.
   • The middle one, of course, was the coloratura Julia Kristeva, known as the most voluptuous Salome in the business. 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers:

Forms

Deriveds

coloratura soprano

Translations (9)

pt coloratura (fancy passage in vocal music) · fi koloratuurisopraano (type of singer) · it coloratura (fancy passage in vocal music) · de Koloratur (fancy passage in vocal music) · pl koloratura (fancy passage in vocal music) · fr colorature (fancy passage in vocal music) · fi koloratuuri (fancy passage in vocal music) · fi kuviolaulu (fancy passage in vocal music) · fi koloratuurilaulaja (type of singer)