The story
- Late Latin · derived fromcolōrātūra
- Italian · borrowed fromcoloratura
- English todaycoloratura
Borrowed from Italian coloratura, from Late Latin colōrātūra, from colōrāre (“to colour”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
coloratura
Today it means: Florid or fancy passages in vocal music. Full definition →
Italian coloratura ← Late Latin colōrātūra