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baritonal

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bar⋅i⋅tone

[bar-i-tohn] 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 barytone 2


bar⋅i⋅ton⋅al, adjective
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