colorature
English
Noun
colorature (plural coloratures)
- (music) An elaborate melody, particularly in vocal music and especially in operatic singing of the 18th and 19th centuries, with runs, trills, leaps, etc.
French
Adjective
colorature (plural coloratures)
- coloratura (attributive)
Noun
colorature f (plural coloratures)
Further reading
- “colorature” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Noun
colorature f
- plural of coloratura
Latin
Participle
colōrātūre
- vocative masculine singular of colōrātūrus
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