Falsetto

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A male voice in an upper register beyond its normal range.
  • n. One who sings or talks in this register.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The "false" (singing) voice in any human, usually airy and lacking a purity of vowels; created by utilizing the next highest vocal folds above those used for speech and normal range singing. It is commonly confused with the Head Voice register.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The highest or smallest register or quality in both male and female voices: so called because in its untrained state it is more or less unnatural and forced, and because at best it is usually intractable.
  • Having the quality and compass of the falsetto.
  • Assumed; constrained; unnaturally high-pitched; false.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. artificially high; above the normal voice range
  • n. a male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register
  • Equivalent
    high    high-pitched   
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    voice   
    Synonym
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    voice   
    Rhyme
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    stretto   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ear-splitting    full-throated    raspy    soprano    throaty    eldritch    high-pitched    raucous    singsong    wheeze