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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SOUBRETTE

From French: maidservant, from Provençal soubreto, from soubret conceited, from soubra to exceed, from Latin superāre to surmount, from super above.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SOUBRETTE

soubrette  [suːˈbrɛt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOUBRETTE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Soubrette is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SOUBRETTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Soubrette

A soubrette is a female stock character in opera and theatre. The term arrived in English from Provençal via French, and means "conceited" or "coy."...

Definition of soubrette in the English dictionary

The definition of soubrette in the dictionary is a minor female role in comedy, often that of a pert lady's maid. Other definition of soubrette is any pert or flirtatious girl.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SOUBRETTE


amourette
ˌæmʊəˈrɛt
arret
əˈrɛt
bachelorette
ˌbætʃələˈrɛt
barrette
bəˈrɛt
buret
bjʊˈrɛt
cigarette
ˌsɪɡəˈrɛt
Debrett
dəˈbrɛt
fleuret
flʊəˈrɛt
fret
frɛt
labret
ˈleɪbrɛt
leatherette
ˌlɛðəˈrɛt
majorette
ˌmeɪdʒəˈrɛt
mpret
brɛt
regret
rɪˈɡrɛt
ret
rɛt
Siret
sɪˈrɛt
threat
θrɛt
tret
trɛt
umbrette
ʌmˈbrɛt
vinaigrette
ˌvɪneɪˈɡrɛt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOUBRETTE

sou
sou-sou
sou´wester
souari
soubise
soubise sauce
soubrettish
soubriquet
soucar
souchong
Soudan
Soudanese
souffle
sough
sought
sought-after
souk
soukous
soul
soul food

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOUBRETTE

aigrette
bannerette
brunette
burette
cellarette
chevrette
collarette
drum majorette
featurette
filter cigarette
fleurette
flowerette
Launderette
laundrette
lazarette
lorette
pierrette
superette
syrette
usherette
vinegarette

Synonyms and antonyms of soubrette in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «soubrette» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOUBRETTE

Find out the translation of soubrette to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of soubrette from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «soubrette» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

红娘
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

doncella
570 millions of speakers

English

soubrette
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

soubrette
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

soubrette
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

субретка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

soubrette
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

soubrette
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

soubrette
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Soubrette
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Soubrette
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

侍女
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

soubrette
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Soubrette
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

soubrette
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பணிப் பெண்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सूबेरेटे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hizmetçi kız karakteri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

soubrette
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Soubrette
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

субретка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Soubrette
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

soubrette
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

soubrette
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

soubrette
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

soubrette
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of soubrette

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOUBRETTE»

The term «soubrette» is regularly used and occupies the 86.828 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOUBRETTE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «soubrette» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «soubrette» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about soubrette

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOUBRETTE»

Discover the use of soubrette in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to soubrette and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Singers' edition, operatic arias: soubrette
Discusses voice categories and the soubrette voice category. Presents seventeen arias in vocal score, together with the opera story, a historical perspective, a musical perspective, and a dramatic perspective for each.
Richard Boldrey, Janet Bookspan, Robert Caldwell, 1992
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Training Soprano Voices
Are there basic techniques of singing applicable to all voices, soubrette through basso profondo? Proficient breath management, freedom of articulation, balanced resonance, and skillful registration are requirements for all singers. Yet each ...
Richard Miller, 2000
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Training Soprano Voices
8. dramatic (Hochdramatisch) 9. cross-Fach (Zwischenfachsängerin) Soubrette Perhaps the most frequently encountered female instrument belongs to the soubrette category. The term soubrette refers to legitimate-theater comedy roles that ...
Richard Miller Wheeler Professor of Performance at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and Director The Otto B. Schoepfle Vocal Arts Center, 2000
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From Traveling Show to Vaudeville: Theatrical Spectacle in ...
SOUBRETTE: (To the audience.) Why this man is crazy. (Aloud.) He could never chew that kind of food. COMEDIAN: Well that will be all right. I'll file his teeth. SOUBRETTE: (Ad lib, bus., etc.) COMEDIAN: Has he ever had the heaves?
Robert M. Lewis, 2010
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Emilie: La Marquise Du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight
SOUBRETTE. For you and I. Just for you and I. VOLTAIRE. I'm not good with rules . I find them insistent. SOUBRETTE. This one's easy. Well. It's simple. VOLTAIRE. Those are not identical meanings. SOUBRETTE. One rule. VOLTAIRE.
Lauren Gunderson, 2010
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The Feminist Encyclopedia of German Literature
SOUBRETTE 491 together, and the poetic voice seeks solace in the night, which is, at the same time, death. Using the form of the Petrarchan sonnet, Giinderrode creates a distinctly Romantic poem. Examples of the sonnet form in the 20th ...
Friederike Ursula Eigler, Susanne Kord, 1997
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The Best Burlesque Sketches
SOUBRETTE How much is it? COMIC Ten cents each. SOUBRETTE How much altogether? COMIC One for ten cents each. SOUBRETTE But I want to pay for the whole thing. COMIC Well, you have to figure it out. SOUBRETTE You figure it ...
Ralph G. Allen, 1995
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Soubrette
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A soubrette is a female stock character in opera and theatre. The term arrived in English from Provencal via French, and means "conceited" or "coy."
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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A Little Book of Western Verse
... boy again, Back with the friends I used to know; For I was, oh! so happy then— But that was very long ago! TO. A. SOUBRETTE. 'Tis years, soubrette, since last we met; And yet—ah, yet, how swift and tender My thoughts go TO A SOUBRETTE.
Eugene Field, 2012
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Bentley's miscellany
ADVENTURES IN PARIS. BY TOBY ALLSPY. Continued from page 401. THE SOUBRETTE. A Parisian soubrette, or waiting-woman, is usually an exaggerated edition of the lady she serves. Once installed in an advantageous place, she is apt ...
‎1838

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOUBRETTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term soubrette is used in the context of the following news items.
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Soubrette in cabina: licenziati due piloti delle Aerolinas Argentinas …
Victoria Xipolitakis in Italia è una perfetta sconosciuta, ma in Argentina è famosa come soubrette argentina, le cui curve non passano sotto silenzio, anche ... «Consumatrici, Jun 15»
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Sanremo: 'La Bonas' e 'La Supplente', le due soubrette di 'Avanti un …
Le due soubrette, invitate per un evento a sorpresa organizzato dalla New Generation Srl, venerdì 26 giugno, dalle ore 20.00 alle 24.00, hanno allietato i clienti ... «SanremoNews.it, Jun 15»
3
Ilaria Spada si fa bionda! Le immagini del cambio look della soubrette
È una delle soubrette more per antonomasia, con lunghi capelli lisci che, insieme a occhi da cerbiatto e carnagione da dea, ne fanno una delle donne più ... «alfemminile.com, Jun 15»
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AnnoUno, Alba Parietti a Blogo: "Ormai i politici sono le vere …
Ecco, pensa che ancora mi chiamano "soubrette", quando sono i politici ad essere le vere soubrette. Darmi quella definizione, poi, non mi rende proprio ... «TVBlog.it, May 15»
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​Rossella Brescia piange in tribunale: la soubrette contro "Lo Zoo di …
La bellissima soubrette pugliese ha denunciato per diffamazione i due presentatori della trasmissione radiofonica 'Lo Zoo di 105', Marco Mazzoli e Gilberto ... «Il Gazzettino, May 15»
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Soubrette e cantanti a processo con Le Iene: l'accusa è diffamazione
Intervistati dal giornalista Filippo Roma, le due soubrette e la coppia di cantanti avevano insinuato che fossero state messe loro in bocca dichiarazioni inventate. «il Giornale, May 15»
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Andrea Scanzi: "Non sono gay. Mi curo: ho la sindrome della …
Ammetto di curarmi molto, ho la sindrome della soubrette: il complimento più grande che una donna può farmi è dirmi che è venuta a letto con me perché sono ... «Gay.it, May 15»
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Fiorentina, né veline né soubrette: Gonzalo si fidanza con Martina, l …
Prato, 27 marzo 2015 - Veline o soubrette? No grazie. L'amore è semplice e va a prescindere dalla notorietà. Sembra una fiaba quella nata fra Martina Alessi e ... «La Nazione, Mar 15»
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IL PERSONAGGIO
... dedica un nuovo libro, pubblicato da Cavinato Editore: 'Wanda Osiris - Prima soubrette e donna (con)turbante'. La 'dea' che scendeva dalle scale raccontata ... «Giornale di Sicilia, Mar 15»
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Il calciatore e la soubrette: flirt in vista tra Neymar e Niki Hartman?
Con un selfie hanno voluto "zittire" tutti. Ci sarebbe del tenero infatti tra il calciatore brasiliano e attaccante del Barcellona, Neymar e la soubrette Niki Hartman. «Giornale di Sicilia, Mar 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Soubrette [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/soubrette>. May 2024 ».
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