Usually means: Elaborate ornamentation in vocal music.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. coloratura: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. coloratura: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. coloratura: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. coloratura: Collins English Dictionary
  5. coloratura: Vocabulary.com
  6. Coloratura, coloratura: Wordnik
  7. coloratura: Wiktionary
  8. coloratura: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. coloratura: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. coloratura: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. coloratura: Dictionary.com
  12. Coloratura: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. coloratura: Rhymezone
  14. coloratura: Free Dictionary
  15. coloratura: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. coloratura: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. coloratura: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. coloratura: A Word A Day

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Definitions from Wiktionary (coloratura)

noun:  (uncountable) Florid or fancy passages in vocal music.
noun:  (countable) A singer of such passages, especially a soprano.
adjective:  Pertaining to coloratura.

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