Meaning of FALSETTO
| Pronunciation: | | fol'setow
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
- [n] a male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register
- [adj] artificially high; above the normal voice range; "a falsetto voice"
|
| |
| | Sponsored Links: | |
|
| |
| | Synonyms: | | high, high-pitched |
| |
| | See Also: | | head register, head tone, head voice | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | \Fal*set"to\, n.; pl. {Falsettos}. [It. falsetto, dim.
fr. L. falsus. See {False}.]
A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies
above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto
voice. See {Head voice}, under {Voice}.
|
| |
| Thesaurus Terms |
| |
| | Related Terms: | | alto, aphonia, artificial voice, baritone, bass, bourdon, bravura, broken speech, broken tones, broken voice, burden, chest voice, childish treble, choked voice, choral, choric, coloratura, countertenor, cracked voice, croak, crow, dramatic, drone, drone bass, dysarthria, dyslalia, dyslogia, dysphasia, dysphonia, dysphrasia, harshness, hawking voice, head register, head tone, head voice, heroic, high, high-pitched, high-sounding, high-toned, hiss, hoarseness, hymnal, idioglossia, idiolalia, impairment of speech, lisp, lisping, liturgical, loss of voice, lyric, male alto, mezzo-soprano, muzzy speech, nasal tone, nasalization, operatic, psalmic, psalmodial, psalmodic, quaver, sacred, shake, sibilation, singing, soprano, speech defect, speech impediment, tenor, treble, tremor, twang, vocal, voce, voce di petto, voce di testa, voice |
| |
|
|
|