a. (Mus.) Having a medium compass between the soprano and contralto; -- said of the voice of a female singer. -- n. (a) A mezzo-soprano voice. (b) A person having such a voice. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.; pl. E. Sopranos It. Soprani [ It., fr. soprano superior, highest, fr. sopra above, L. supra. See Sovereign. ] (Mus.) (a) The treble; the highest vocal register; the highest kind of female or boy's voice; the upper part in harmony for mixed voices. (b) A singer, commonly a woman, with a treble voice. [ 1913 Webster ]
[柳琴, liǔ qín, ㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄣˊ]liuqin lute, smaller soprano version of the pipa 琵琶, with holes in the soundbox, and range equivalent to that of a violin#142122[Add to Longdo]