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mezzo-soprano

[ met-soh-suh-pran-oh, -prah-noh, med-zoh-, mez-oh- ]

noun

, plural mez·zo-so·pran·os, mez·zo-so·pran·i [met, -soh-s, uh, -, pran, -ee, -, prah, -nee, med, -zoh-, mez, -oh-].
  1. a voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contralto.
  2. a person having such a voice.

adjective

  1. of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable to a mezzo-soprano.

mezzo-soprano

noun

  1. a female voice intermediate between a soprano and contralto and having a range from the A below middle C to the F an eleventh above it Sometimes shortened tomezzo
  2. a singer with such a voice

mezzo soprano

  1. A range of the female singing voice lower than soprano and higher than alto .

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mezzo-soprano1

Borrowed into English from Italian around 1745–55

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