heldentenor

/hˈɛldɛntˌɛnɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

"The absence of the Lyric's usual work-horse heldentenor William Johns (who, according to Lyric, dropped out of the show--quite uncharacteristically--due to illness) was sadly evident here."
"Over the course of his lifetime, he will be forced to endure ... precocious heldentenors [.]"

From German Heldentenor. Literally, “hero tenor”.

heldentenors (plural)

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The recorded pronunciation is /hˈɛldɛntˌɛnɚ/.

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Where does heldentenor come from?

It is traced to German.

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