coloratura
noun/ˌkɒlərəˈtʊərə/
/ˌkʌlərəˈtʊrə/
[uncountable] (music, from Italian)- complicated passages for a singer, for example in opera
- a coloratura soprano (= one who often sings coloratura passages)
Oxford Collocations DictionaryColoratura is used before these nouns:- soprano
Word OriginItalian, literally ‘colouring’, from Latin colorare ‘to colour’.
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