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colorature

colorature is the alternative form 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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Forms of colorature

pluralcoloratures

Questions about colorature

What is colorature the alternative form of?
Colorature is the alternative form of coloratura.

Words near colorature in the dictionary

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

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