baritone

See also: Baritone

English

Examples (baritone lead part and singer)
Audio: (file)

Drawing of a baritone horn.

Alternative forms

• barytone (uncommon)

Etymology

From Italian baritono, from Ancient Greek βαρύτονος (barútonos), from βαρύς (barús, “heavy”) + τόνος (tónos, “tone”). Doublet of baryton and barytone.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbæɹ.ɪ.təʊn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbæɹ.ɪ.toʊn/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

baritone (plural baritones)

1. The male voice between tenor and bass.
2. The musical range between tenor and bass.
3. A person, instrument, or group that performs in the range between tenor and bass.
4. A brass instrument similar to the euphonium, but with a cylindrical bore instead of a conical one; a baritone saxhorn.
5. (linguistics) Alternative form of barytone.

Usage notes

• If the lower section of a musical group is divided into two parts, they are called tenor and bass. If the section is divided into three groups, they are called tenor, baritone, and bass.

Coordinate terms

• (voice types): soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto (female); countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass (male)

Derived terms

• baritonal
• baritonality
• baritone clef
• baritone guitar
• baritone horn
• baritone hornist
• baritone sax
• baritone saxophone
• baritone saxophonist
• baritonist
• bass-baritone

 

Translations

male voice

• Albanian: bariton (sq) m
• Armenian: բարիտոն (hy) (bariton)
• Bulgarian: барито́н m (baritón)
• Catalan: baríton (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 男中音 (zh) (nánzhōngyīn)

• Danish: baryton (da) c
• Dutch: bariton (nl)
• Estonian: bariton
• Finnish: baritoni (fi), barytoni (fi)
• French: baryton (fr) m
• Georgian: ბარიტონი (bariṭoni)
• German: Bariton (de) m
• Hawaiian: leo kāne
• Hebrew: בָּרִיטוֹן (he) m
• Hungarian: bariton (hu)
• Indonesian: bariton (id)
• Italian: baritono (it) m
• Japanese: バリトン (ja) (bariton)
• Kyrgyz: баритон (ky) (bariton)
• Lao: ບາ​ລິ​ໂທນ (bā li thōn)
• Maori: reo mārū, reo tanguru
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: baryton m

  Nynorsk: baryton m

• Polish: baryton (pl) m
• Portuguese: barítono (pt) m
• Russian: барито́н (ru) m (baritón)
• Scottish Gaelic: baratòn m
• Slovak: barytón m
• Slovene: bariton (sl) m
• Spanish: barítono m
• Swedish: baryton (sv) c
• Tagalog: baritono

musical range

• Albanian: bariton (sq) m
• Catalan: baríton (ca) m
• Dutch: bariton (nl)
• Estonian: bariton
• Finnish: baritoni (fi)
• Georgian: ბარიტონი (bariṭoni)
• German: Bariton (de) m
• Hawaiian: leo hāʻoi
• Indonesian: bariton (id)
• Italian: baritono (it) m
• Polish: baryton (pl) m
• Portuguese: barítono (pt) m
• Russian: барито́н (ru) m (baritón)
• Scottish Gaelic: baratòn m
• Slovak: barytón m
• Slovene: bariton (sl) m

person, instrument or group

• Armenian: բարիտոն (hy) (bariton)
• Bulgarian: барито́н m (baritón)
• Catalan: baríton (ca)
• Danish: baryton (da) c
• Finnish: baritoni (fi)
• Hungarian: bariton (hu)
• Kyrgyz: баритон (ky) (bariton)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: baryton m

  Nynorsk: baryton m

• Polish: baryton (pl) m
• Scottish Gaelic: baratòn m
• Slovak: barytón m
• Swedish: baryton (sv) c
• Uzbek: bariton (uz)

instrument similar to euphonium

• Finnish: baritonitorvi (fi)
• Hawaiian: pū hāʻoi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: baryton m

  Nynorsk: baryton m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} バリトン (ja) (bariton)
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} kèn baritôn (instrument), ^{(please verify)} giọng nam trung (instrument)

Further reading

• baritone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• abrotine, beration, borinate, obtainer, reobtain, taborine