soprano

What it means

1. The musical part higher in pitch than alto, typically encompassing the range of the treble clef.
2. A person or instrument that performs the soprano part.

   boy soprano

   2 more examples

   soprano saxophone

   I was only once faced with the task of auditioning a nimiety of sopranos.

   2008, Denis Norden, chapter 8, in Chips from a Life, →ISBN

   Synonyms: sop

In a sentence

boy soprano

Where it comes from

1. Latinsuper“above”
2. Vulgar Latin*superānus
3. Italiansoprano
4. Englishsoprano

Borrowed from Italian soprano, from Vulgar Latin *superānus, adjective from preposition Latin super (“above”). Doublet of sovereign, from the same Latin root via Old French.