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Falsetto

Falsetto Meaning & Definition
Falsetto Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Falsetto?

[n] a male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register
[adj] artificially high; above the normal voice range; "a falsetto voice"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Falsetto: high | high-pitched

Related Terms | Find terms related to Falsetto: 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

See Also | head register | head tone | head voice

Falsetto In Webster's Dictionary

\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}.

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