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baritone

baritone

22 4.5
A male singer with a low warm voice between tenor and bass
  • noun
  • /ˈbɛrɪˌtoʊn/
translation icon : barítono
  • His voice rang out like the stentorian baritone of a good Methodist minister.
  • baritone voice
  • tenor to baritone
  • baritone and bass

Man, that country as baritone that you'd be mispronouncing words.

Examples

  • ...the famous Colombian baritone, Señor Carlos Ramirez.

    Bathing Beauty (1944)

  • Or did you just fall in love with the velvet baritone of my voice?

    Standoff (2016)

  • I sang lead baritone all through high school.

    Just Mercy (2019)

  • Jack started singing in a croaky baritone, "Happy Birthday to Jack," then stopped.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • "Huh," he said, in a cracked baritone, a little hoarse with age.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • I was a baritone.

    Playback (2012)

  • Best known for his rich baritone voice, he had a very competitive romance... ...with Betty Hutton in Annie Get Your Gun.

    That's Entertainment! III (1994)

  • "My apologies, gentlemen," said Treadwell in his robust baritone, offering a huge, well-manicured hand to Professor Daimler.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • I did my best to imitate Arthur's soothing baritone, but my voice broke, wavered.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • As a member of the choir, he often sang the baritone part during performances.

Synonyms

baritone voice
vsbaritone
3 4.5

A male singing sound lower than tenor but higher than bass

is used also for a person who sings in that range
baryton
vsbaritone
  • Archaic
9.9

A male singing voice higher than bass and lower than tenor

is the modern common term rather than the old or rare form

Compounds

baritone voice
3 4.5

A male singing sound lower than tenor but higher than bass

baritone horn
6.1

A brass instrument like a small tuba that makes a warm low sound

How Low

bass
89 4.9
baritone
22 4.5
tenor
5.1

Surface Forms

baritone singular
baritones plural

Etymology

Baritone comes from Greek parts barus 'heavy' and tonos 'tone'. So a baritone singer is a man with a 'heavy' mid-low voice, and the word can also mean that voice range between tenor and bass.