sonorità

sonority

noun soh-noh-ree-TAH Rare

Origin: Latin sonoritas (resonance)

Also means

sound quality

Usage Note

Sonorità is feminine (la sonorità) and invariable in the plural (le sonorità) because it ends in a stressed -à. It describes the acoustic character or resonance of a sound, instrument, or voice — common in music criticism (la ricca sonorità del violoncello). In phonetics it is the technical term for voicing/sonority.

Examples

"La sonorità di questo violino è straordinaria."

Natural Translation

The sound quality of this violin is extraordinary.

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