baritone

or bar·y·tone

[ bar-i-tohn ]

/ ˈbær ɪˌtoʊn /

Music.

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noun

a male voice or voice part intermediate between tenor and bass.

a singer with such a voice.

a large, valved brass instrument shaped like a trumpet or coiled in oval form, used especially in military bands.

adjective

of or relating to a baritone; having the compass of a baritone.

Words nearby baritone

baring, barisal, barista, barit., barite, baritone, baritone clef, barium, barium 140, barium bromate, barium carbonate

Origin of baritone

1600–10; < Italian baritono low voice < Greek barýtonos deep-sounding. See barytone²

OTHER WORDS FROM baritone

bar·i·ton·al, adjective

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Examples from the Web for baritone

Upstairs in the galleries, Jim Costanzo spouted lefty politics between tunes on his baritone bugle.
Pawel Althamer Creates Art That’s by the People, for the People at the New Museum|Jessica Dawson|February 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He delivered them from a hefty physical frame, in rounded Australian baritone.
Robert Hughes’s Best Quotes on Art, Australia, and More||August 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Dumnil, the tenor, used to steal jewellery from the soprano and contralto of the troop, and get intoxicated with the baritone.
History of the Opera from its Origin in Italy to the present Time|Henry Sutherland Edwards
The baritone lay stretched upon the floor at left centre, his sword fallen at some paces from him.
Vandover and the Brute|Frank Norris

Tenor, contralto, baritone, and bass vie with each other in performing dangerous feats of vocal agility.
Stars of the Opera|Mabel Wagnalls
Do not "grouse" if you can sing tenor parts and yet retain the volume and virility of a baritone.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 147, August 12, 1914|Various
He was an opera-singer, and the newspapers said that he was fully equal to the first baritone of the day.
Memoirs|Charles Godfrey Leland

British Dictionary definitions for baritone

baritone

/ (ˈbærɪˌtəʊn) /

noun

the second lowest adult male voice, having a range approximately from G an eleventh below middle C to F a fourth above it

a singer with such a voice

the second lowest instrument in the families of the saxophone, horn, oboe, etc

adjective

relating to or denoting a baritonea baritone part

denoting the second lowest instrument in a familythe baritone horn

Word Origin for baritone

C17: from Italian baritono a deep voice, from Greek barutonos deep-sounding, from barus heavy, low + tonos tone

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Cultural definitions for baritone

baritone

A range of the male singing voice higher than bass and lower than tenor.

baritone

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noun

adjective

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Words nearby baritone

Origin of baritone

OTHER WORDS FROM baritone

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British Dictionary definitions for baritone

noun

adjective

Word Origin for baritone

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