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coloraturas

coloraturas is the plural of coloratura.

Meaning of coloratura

Noun

coloratura (countable and uncountable, plural coloraturas)

  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

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Questions about coloraturas

What is coloraturas the plural of?
Coloraturas is the plural of coloratura.

Words near coloraturas in the dictionary

  1. colorationally
  2. colorations
  3. colorative
  4. coloratura
  5. coloratura soprano
  6. coloraturas
  7. colorature
  8. coloratures
  9. colorbearer
  10. colorbearers
  11. colorblind

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