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Webster 1913 Edition

Colorature

Col′or-a-ture

(?; 135)
,
Noun.
[Cf. G.
coloratur
, fr. LL.
coloratura
.]
(Mus.)
Vocal music colored, as it were, by florid ornaments, runs, or rapid passages.

Webster 1828 Edition

Colorature

COLORATURE

,
Noun.
In music, all manner of variations, trills, &c., intended to make a song agreeable.

Definition 2024

colorature

colorature

English

Noun

colorature ‎(plural coloratures)

  1. (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 m, f ‎(plural coloratures)

  1. coloratura (attributive)

Noun

colorature f ‎(plural coloratures)

  1. (music) coloratura

Italian

Noun

colorature f

  1. plural of coloratura

Latin

Participle

colōrātūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of colōrātūrus

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