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tessiture

tessiture is the plural of tessitura.

Meaning of tessitura

Noun

tessitura (countable and uncountable, plural tessituras or tessiture)

  1. The most acceptable and comfortable vocal range for a singer or musical instrument; the range in which a given type of voice presents its best-sounding timbre.
    • Byrne shrugged. He started writing a bravura / Opera based on Cleopatra’s death, / Exploiting all Maria’s tessitura, / With a high F before her final breath.1995, Anthony Burgess, Byrne

Questions about tessiture

What is tessiture the plural of?
Tessiture is the plural of tessitura.

Words near tessiture in the dictionary

  1. Tessin
  2. Tessitore
  3. Tessitores
  4. tessitura
  5. tessituras
  6. tessiture
  7. Tessler
  8. Tesslers
  9. Tessman
  10. Tessmans
  11. Tessmer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tessiture (page history and authors); tessitura (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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