coloratura

noun
🔊/ˌkɒlərəˈtʊərə/
🔊/ˌkʌlərəˈtʊrə/
[uncountable] (music音乐, from Italian)
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  1. complicated passages for a singer, for example in opera花腔
    • a coloratura soprano (= one who often sings coloratura passages)花腔女高音歌手
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryColoratura is used before these nouns:
    • soprano
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    Word OriginItalian, literally ‘colouring’, from Latin colorare ‘to colour’.