contratenor
English
Noun
contratenor (plural contratenors)
References
- “contratenor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Dutch
Etymology
Equivalent to contra- + tenor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔn.traː.təˌnɔr/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: con‧tra‧te‧nor
Noun
contratenor m (plural contratenoren or contratenors, no diminutive)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌkõ.tɾa.teˈnoʁ/ [ˌkõ.tɾa.teˈnoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˌkõ.tɾa.teˈnoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌkõ.tɾa.teˈnoʁ/ [ˌkõ.tɾa.teˈnoχ]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ˌkõ.tɾa.teˈnoɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌkõ.tɾɐ.tɨˈnoɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌkõ.tɾɐ.tɨˈno.ɾi/
- Rhymes: -oɾ
Noun
contratenor m (plural contratenores)
- countertenor (male singing voice higher than the typical male range)
Further reading
- “contratenor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “contratenor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin contrātenor. By surface analysis, contra- + tenor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkontɾateˈnoɾ/ [ˌkõn̪.t̪ɾa.t̪eˈnoɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: con‧tra‧te‧nor
Noun
contratenor m (plural contratenores)
- countertenor (male singing voice higher than the typical male range)
- countertenor (a man with a countertenor voice)
Further reading
- “contratenor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025