colorature
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
colorature (plural coloratures)
- (music) An elaborate melody, particularly in vocal music and especially in operatic singing of the 18th and 19th centuries, with runs, trills, leaps, etc.
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
colorature (plural coloratures)
Noun[edit]
colorature f (plural coloratures)
Further reading[edit]
- “colorature”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
colorature f
- plural of coloratura
Latin[edit]
Participle[edit]
colōrātūre