solfeggio n singing using solfa syllables to denote the notes of the scale of C major n a voice exercise; singing scales or runs to the same syllable Usage(s) At 4, he knew his solfeggio; at 17, he was admitted to the Paris Conservatory of Music; at 21, he won the Conservatory's Prix de Rome, and went there at the French government's . Synonym(s) solmization solfege