Aria Definition

ärē-ə
arias
noun
A solo vocal piece with instrumental accompaniment, as in an opera.
American Heritage
An air or melody in an opera, cantata, or oratorio, esp. for solo voice with instrumental accompaniment.
Webster's New World
An air; a melody.
American Heritage
The definition of an aria is a song that is a melody for a solo voice with an instrumental accompaniment that is often performed in an opera.
An example of a well known aria is Celeste Aida from Aida.
YourDictionary

(music) A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.

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Forming the scientific names of taxonomic groups.
Webster's New World
abbreviation
Australian Recording Industry Association.
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Other Word Forms of Aria

Noun

Singular:
aria
Plural:
Aras, arias, arie

Origin of Aria

  • Italian aria air, aria from Latin āera accusative of āēr air from Greek āēr wer-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Italian aria, metathesis from Latin aerem, accusative of āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aēr, “air”). Cognate to air.

    From Wiktionary

  • ModL < L, neut. pl. of -arius, -ary

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

Aria Sentence Examples

  • Aria College in Portsea was opened in 1874 for the training of Jewish ministers.

  • In and below the grounds of the Villa Aria, close to it, are the remains of an Etruscan town of the 5th century B.C., protected on the west by the mountains, on the east and south by the river, which by a change of course has destroyed about half of it.

  • To these must be added Achaea in Parthia, and, farther to the east, Alexandria Anon in Aria.

  • In other districts, also, rebellions occurred; and in the east, Euthydemus and his successors (Demetrius, Eucratidas, &c.) began the conquest of the Indus region and the Iranian borderland (Arachosia, Aria).

  • During some concerts I'll read the passage, then the soprano sings the aria.

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