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)

(music) coloratura

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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