Usually means: Elaborate ornamentation in vocal music.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. coloratura: Merriam-Webster
  2. coloratura: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. coloratura: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. coloratura: Collins English Dictionary
  5. coloratura: Vocabulary.com
  6. Coloratura, coloratura: Wordnik
  7. coloratura: Wiktionary
  8. coloratura: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. coloratura: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. coloratura: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. coloratura: Dictionary.com
  12. Coloratura: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. coloratura: Rhymezone
  14. coloratura: FreeDictionary.org
  15. coloratura: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. coloratura: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. coloratura: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. coloratura: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. coloratura: A Word A Day

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Definitions from Wiktionary (coloratura)

▸ noun:  (uncountable) Florid or fancy passages in vocal music.
▸ noun:  (countable) A singer of such passages, especially a soprano.
▸ adjective:  Pertaining to coloratura.

Similar:
lyric, colorature, floridity, fioritura, bel canto, capriccio, figure, floweriness, canorousness, animato, more...

Opposite:
dramatic, lyric, spinto

Types:
soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, more...

Phrases:
Coloratura soprano, coloratura sopranos, dramatic coloratura, piece with a coloratura, more...

Adjectives:
brilliant, dramatic, elaborate, vocal, great, highest, famous, young, difficult, italian, lyric

Colors:
    turquoise,     magenta,     cerulean,     emerald,     amethyst, more...



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Similar:
lyric, colorature, floridity, fioritura, bel canto, capriccio, figure, floweriness, canorousness, animato, more...

Opposite:
dramatic, lyric, spinto

Types:
soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, more...

Phrases:
Coloratura soprano, coloratura sopranos, dramatic coloratura, piece with a coloratura, more...

Adjectives:
brilliant, dramatic, elaborate, vocal, great, highest, famous, young, difficult, italian, lyric

Colors:
    turquoise,     magenta,     cerulean,     emerald,     amethyst, more...



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