The soprano voice is the highest female voice, required for many leading female operatic roles. The same word may be used for the male soprano, the castrato voice used in opera seria. The female soprano voice assumed increasing importance in the late 16th century and had a continuing influence on and importance in opera, as it developed. It is usua [..]

1738, "the highest singing voice," ranging easily through the two octaves above middle C, from Italian soprano "the treble in music," literally "high," from sopra "a [..]

The highest female voice.

the highest range of the female voice.

a female singer having or denoting a high range; "soprano voice"; "soprano sax"; "the boy still had a fine treble voice"; [..]

n. A woman's or boy's voice of high range.

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(n) a female singer(n) the highest female voice; the voice of a boy before puberty(n) the pitch range of the highest female voice(adj) having or denoting a high range

the highest range in pitch of a woman’s voice.

The highest register of the human voice, which can reach the F above the high C. It is subdivided into mezzo (the lower ranges); lyric (the middle range); and coloratura (the very top of the register) [..]

 – the highest of the standard four voice ranges (bass, tenor, alto, soprano)

(1) The high woman's (or boy's) voice; (2)the highest voice in a polyphonic texture.

The highest female classical singing voice

Soprano is the name of the highest female voice, or the higher member of a family of instruments. Soprano is pitched above alto. A boy’s soprano voice is called treble.

The highest female voice, usually cast in the leading female role

Musical part or section higher in pitch than alto and other sections. Person or instrument that performs the soprano part. *en|sopranist