cantatrice

American  

[kan-tuh-tree-chey, -trees, kahn-tah-tree-che, kahn-ta-trees] / ˌkæn təˈtri tʃeɪ, -ˈtris, ˌkɑn tɑˈtri tʃɛ, kɑ̃ taˈtris /

noun

• cantatrices,
  plural
• cantatrici
  plural

1. a professional female singer especially of opera.

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cantatrice British  

/ kɑ̃tatris /

noun

1. a female singer, esp a professional soloist

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• cantatrices
  plural
• cantatrici
  plural

Etymology

Origin of cantatrice

First recorded in 1800–05; from French or directly from Italian, from Late Latin cantātrīc-, stem of cantātrīx “female singer”; see origin at cantor, -trix

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

cantatrice cantatrices

Such words as "blastoderm", "sindoc," "peris," "parasang," "sarcenet," "teazel," "nullah," "cantatrice," "barracan," "sistrum," writhed and hissed in her verses.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yes, he, too, could see this unexpected cantatrice.

From The Lure of the Mask by Harrison Fisher

Then there was another trio, and then a short pause, in order duly to prepare the public mind for the reception of the great cantatrice Mademoiselle Nelina.

From The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

One writer said, "She is the only cantatrice who acts as well as sings"; said one critic, "She would have made a grand tragedienne."

From Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens by George T. (George Titus) Ferris

I tell Mrs. Van Dorn that when I can say cantatrice or specification,” he repeated that word slowly, “I’m fit to hold court.”

From In the Heart of a Fool by William Allen White

The two fair cantatrices even forgot themselves so far as to come to blows on several occasions, and the scandalous chronicle of the times was enlivened with epigrams, lampoons, libels, and duels in rapid succession.

From Great Singers, First Series Faustina Bordoni To Henrietta Sontag by George T. (George Titus) Ferris

Madame Patti once sang Carmen, and Madame Melba essayed Brünnhilde; but I am not aware that either of these famous cantatrices repeated the experiment.

From Style in Singing by W. E. Haslam

The most admired cantatrices of to-day drown the words in a wealth of vocalization, and the meaning is lost, even were the language one known to their hearers, which it usually is not.

From Aboriginal American Authors by Daniel Garrison Brinton