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baritone voice

baritone voice

3 4.5
A male singing sound lower than tenor but higher than bass
  • noun
  • /ˈbɛrɪˌtoʊn vɔɪs/
translation icon : voz de barítono
  • The shaking and banshee wail of reentry ended swiftly and the flight smoothed out. We'll be landing in four minutes, the captain's rich baritone voice announced over the intercom.
  • a deep baritone voice
  • a rich baritone voice

Examples

  • The German played noisy drinking songs, his baritone voice increasing in volume with his drunkenness.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • "Father—Buck Leeper." "Buck!" He rejoiced to hear Buck's rough baritone voice.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • A baritone voice makes anyone sound older.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • "Are we threatened?" came a resonant baritone voice behind them.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Dalbey had a beautiful baritone voice and worked well as the director, providing more reaction shots than anything else.

    Blog text (21)
  • Brad Roberts adds his distinctive baritone voice here in duet to create an amazing split between light and darkness.

    Blog text (23)
  • Norma Jeane, my dear, says Mr. Shinn in his deep baritone voice.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Clieous's deep baritone voice lingered in the amphitheater long moments after his song was finished.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • A baritone voice boomed, "Surely you wouldn't slay a man on his back, would you?" Harkon Lukas.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • "I will take that role," he said in a deep baritone voice.

Synonyms

baritone
vsbaritone voice
22 4.5

A male singer with a low warm voice between tenor and bass

refers specifically to the vocal category rather than the person

How Low

bass
89 4.9
baritone voice
3 4.5
tenor
5.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

baritone + voice

The noun phrase is a straightforward composition of 'baritone' (a specific male singing voice between tenor and bass) and 'voice' (sound produced by singing). The overall meaning is directly derivable from its parts and follows a common, non-idiomatic noun+noun composition, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would understand it.

Etymology

Baritone voice may come from an old word for a deep, 'heavy' sound. Imagine a ladder of male singing voices with bass at the bottom, tenor at the top and the baritone standing between them, so it means the 'middle-low' male singing voice.