Intentionally lowering the volume of one's voice for emphasis
For the musical usage, see Sotto voce (music).
Sotto voce (/ˈsɒtoʊˈvoʊtʃi,-tʃeɪ/,[1][2]Italian:[ˈsottoˈvoːtʃe]; literally 'under the voice')[3][4] means intentionally lowering the volume of one's voice for emphasis. The speaker gives the impression of uttering involuntarily a truth which may surprise, shock, or offend. Galileo Galilei's (probably apocryphal) utterance "Eppur si muove" ("And yet [the Earth] moves"), spoken after deciding to recant his heliocentric theory, is a legendary example of a sotto voce utterance.[5]
^Publishers, HarperCollins. "The American Heritage Dictionary entry: sotto voce". www.ahdictionary.com. Archived from the original on 10 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
^"SOTTO VOCE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary". Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
^Brown, Emily Freeman (2015). A Dictionary for the Modern Conductor. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 319. sotto voce. (It., lit. "under the voice.")
^Harnsberger, Lindsey C. (1997). Essential Dictionary of Music Definitions. Los Angeles: Alfred Pub. Co. p. 54. sotto voce ... Under the voice, in soft voice
^Did Galileo Truly Say, 'And Yet It Moves?' A Modern Detective Story Archived 25 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Scientific American. Mario Livio, 6 May 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
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