baritone

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

▪ I. bari·tone [baritone baritones] BrE [ˈbærɪtəʊn] NAmE [ˈbærɪtoʊn] noun
1. a man's singing voice with a range between ↑tenor and ↑bass; a man with a baritone voice
2. a musical instrument that is second lowest in ↑pitch in its family
compare ↑alto, ↑bass, ↑tenor

Word Origin:
early 17th cent.: from Italian baritono, from Greek barutonos, from barus ‘heavy’ + tonos ‘tension, tone’, from teinein ‘to stretch’.

Example Bank:
•He sang in his rich baritone
 
▪ II. bari·tone adjective
Main entry: ↑baritone_derived

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  baritone horn, baritone voice, barytone