sotto
/ˈsəʊtəʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Ellipsis of sotto voce.
adj
Ellipsis of sotto voce.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Jimi’s guitar plays flat against the major chord, giving a strange, almost discordant effect. Mitch on drums is behind the bass sotto."
- "Wolowitz: Énchanté, mademoiselle. Howard Wolowitz, Cal Tech department of applied physics. You may be familiar with some of my work – – it’s currently toodling around the surface of Mars. Penny: Hi. Penny. Wolowitz: You smell wonderful. What is that scent you’re wearing? Penny: It’s called b.o. Wolowitz: Ah. Hence the shower, of course. Leonard, where have you been hiding this one? She’s charming. Sheldon: (SOTTO, TO LEONARD) Oh, he’s good."
- "Playing against the effect, Wood plays single sotto lines with a variation on the key that sustains a minor mode against the finely tuned feedback effects stroked in pinks against the upper canvas."
- "‘Assuming these board scores are accurate reflectors of true capacity in this case,’ Academic Affairs says, his high voice serious and sotto,[…]"
- "The twelve string rings out but Jimi’s voice is sotto, intimate."
Etymology
Ellipsis of sotto voce.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈsəʊtəʊ/