basso profondo
basso profondo noun: a singer with a bass voice of the lowest range.
Noun
basso profondo (plural basso profondos)
- A singer with a bass voice of the lowest range.
- I am normally a low baritone, almost basso profundo [sic], but under certain kinds of provocations my voice disappears into the higher registers, perhaps into the bat range.1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 40
- A bass voice of the lowest range.
Forms of basso profondo
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Origin of basso profondo
Borrowed from Italian basso profondo (“deep bass”).
Questions about basso profondo
- What does basso profondo mean?
- Basso profondo means a singer with a bass voice of the lowest range.
- What part of speech is basso profondo?
- Basso profondo is a noun.
- What is the plural of basso profondo?
- The plural of basso profondo is basso profondos.
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