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bar·i·tone    Audio Help   [bar-i-tohn] Pronunciation Key Music.
–noun
1.a male voice or voice part intermediate between tenor and bass.
2.a singer with such a voice.
3.a large, valved brass instrument shaped like a trumpet or coiled in oval form, used esp. in military bands.
–adjective
4.of or pertaining to a baritone; having the compass of a baritone.
Also, barytone.


[Origin: 1600–10; < It baritono low voice < Gk barýtonos deep-sounding. See barytone2]

bar·i·ton·al, adjective
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bar·i·tone also bar·y·tone    Audio Help   (bār'ĭ-tōn')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. A male singer or voice with a range higher than a bass and lower than a tenor.
    2. An instrument that sounds within this range.
    3. A vocal or instrumental part written in this range.
  1. A valved brass instrument similar to but larger than the euphonium.


[Italian baritono, from Greek barutonos, deep sounding : barus, heavy; see gwerə-1 in Indo-European roots + tonos, tone; see tone.]

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baritone 
1609, from It. baritono, from Gk. barytonos "deep-toned," from barys "heavy, deep" (see grave (adj.)) + tonos "tone" (see tenet). Technically, "ranging from lower A in bass clef to lower F in treble clef." Meaning "singer having such a voice" is from 1821. As a type of brass band instrument, it is attested from 1949.

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baritone

adjective
1. lower in range than tenor and higher than bass; "a baritone voice"; "baritone oboe" 

noun
1. a male singer 
2. the second lowest adult male singing voice 
3. the second lowest brass wind instrument 

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baritone [ˈbӕritəun] noun
(a singer with) a deep male voice between bass and tenor
Arabic: جَهير الصَّوْت
Chinese (Simplified): 男中音
Chinese (Traditional): 男中音
Czech: baryton
Danish: baryton
Dutch: bariton
Estonian: bariton
Finnish: baritoni
French: bariton
German: der Bariton
Greek: βαρύτονος
Hungarian: bariton
Icelandic: baríton
Indonesian: bariton
Italian: baritono
Japanese: バリトン
Korean: 바리톤 (가수)
Latvian: baritons
Lithuanian: baritonas
Norwegian: baryton
Polish: baryton
Portuguese (Brazil): barítono
Portuguese (Portugal): barítono
Romanian: bariton
Russian: баритон
Slovak: barytón
Slovenian: bariton
Spanish: barítono
Swedish: baryton
Turkish: bariton
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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
baritone

A range of the male singing voice higher than bass and lower than tenor.


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Baritone

Bar"i*tone\, a. & n. See Barytone.

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