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sotto

UK/ˈsəʊtəʊ/

sotto is the ellipsis of sotto voce.

Meaning of sotto voce

Adverb

sotto voce (not comparable)

  1. (etc) Quietly.
    • "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.1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], Jane Eyre. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC
  2. Sung or played softly, instruments or voice.
    Synonyms:
    sotto

See all 5 meanings of sotto voce

Proper noun capitalized: Sotto

Sotto (plural Sottos)

  1. A surname.

Forms of sotto

pluralSottos

Origin of sotto

Ellipsis of sotto voce.

Variant of Spanish Soto, mostly borne by Filipinos.

Words formed from sotto

Phrases with sotto

Questions about sotto

What does sotto mean?
Sotto means a surname.
What is sotto the ellipsis of?
Sotto is the ellipsis of sotto voce.
What part of speech is sotto?
Sotto is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce sotto?
Sotto is pronounced /ˈsəʊtəʊ/ (UK).

Words near sotto in the dictionary

  1. sottishly
  2. sottishness
  3. sottishnesses
  4. sottisier
  5. sottisiers
  6. sotto
  7. sotto voce
  8. sotto voci
  9. sottocopied
  10. sottocopies
  11. sottocopy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sotto (page history and authors); Sotto (page history and authors); sotto voce (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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