You searched for:
“sotto voce”
1. Pertaining to saying something in soft tones, so as not to be overheard: Say it sotto voce, some people say, knowing full well that to shout about it would invite ridicule.
2. In music, descriptive of playing in very soft tones; used primarily as a musical direction: The piano was played sotto voce in the elegant restaurant, so as not to disturb or to interfere with the quiet conversations of the guests.
3. Etymology: from Italian, literally, "under voice", from sotto, from Latin subtus, "under, below" and voce, "voice".
2. In music, descriptive of playing in very soft tones; used primarily as a musical direction: The piano was played sotto voce in the elegant restaurant, so as not to disturb or to interfere with the quiet conversations of the guests.
3. Etymology: from Italian, literally, "under voice", from sotto, from Latin subtus, "under, below" and voce, "voice".
This entry is located in the following unit:
voc-, voca-, vocab-, vocat-, -vocation, -vocative, -vocable, vok-, -voke
(page 5)
Word Entries at Get Words:
“sotto voce”
sotto voce (adjective) (not comparable)
1. Referring to an instrument playing softly and quietly: While at the restaurant, a sotto voce violinist was heard in the background.
2. Descriptive of quiet tones being spoken: The young mother sang in a sotto voce to her little baby.
2. Descriptive of quiet tones being spoken: The young mother sang in a sotto voce to her little baby.
This entry is located in the following unit:
Italian words in English
(page 5)