cantatrice

English

Etymology

From French or Italian cantatrice.

Pronunciation

French pronunciation

• enPR: käɴtətʀēsʹ, IPA^(key): /kɑ̃təˈtriːs/

Italian pronunciation

• enPR: kăntətrēʹchā, IPA^(key): /kantəˈtɹiːt͡ʃeɪ/
• Rhymes: -iːtʃeɪ

Noun

cantatrice (plural cantatrices or cantatrici)

1. A professional female singer.
   • 1899, Richard Savage, “Love's Legacy”, in Our Mysterious Passenger: And Other Stories, page 195:

     An hour later we left the Colosseum, but not till we had heard that soaring voice again, vibrating in our very hearts, and saw the young cantatrice appear with a knot of Russian violets pinned upon the bosom which rose and fell in an ecstasy of song.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cantatrice, from Latin cantātrīcem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑ̃.ta.tʁis/

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Noun

cantatrice f (plural cantatrices)

1. cantatrice

Related terms

• chanteuse

Further reading

• “cantatrice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kan.taˈtri.t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -itʃe
• Hyphenation: can‧ta‧trì‧ce

Adjective

cantatrice

1. feminine singular of cantatore

Noun

cantatrice f (plural cantatrici)

1. female equivalent of cantatore

Anagrams

• accentrati, accertanti, tracciante