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1. (n.) alto
the second highest part of a four-part chorus.
2. alto
the second highest instrument in a family of musical instruments.
3. (adj.) alto
of, pertaining to, or having the range of an alto.
Etymology: (1775–85; < It < L altus high)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) alto
a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
2. (noun) contralto, alto
the lowest female singing voice
3. (noun) countertenor, alto
the highest adult male singing voice
4. (noun) alto
(of a musical instrument) the second highest instrument in a family of musical instruments
5. (adj) alto
the pitch range of the lowest female voice
6. (adj) alto, contralto
of or being the lowest female voice
7. (adj) countertenor, alto
of or being the highest male voice; having a range above that of tenor
8. (adj) alto
(of a musical instrument) second highest member of a group
"alto clarinet or recorder"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) ALTO
formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices, between in tenor and soprano. In instrumental music it now signifies the tenor
2. (noun) ALTO
an alto singer
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Sense: (a singer having) a singing voice of the lowest pitch for a woman.
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 Afrikaans: alt |
 Arabic: أعْلَى الأصْوَات فِي غِنَ |
 Bulgarian: алт |
 Brazilian: contralto |
 Czech: alt |
 German: der Alt |
 Danish: alt(stemme) |
 Greek: υψίφωνος |
 Spanish: contralto |
 Estonian: alt |
 Farsi: صدای آلتو |
 Finnish: altto |
 French: contralto |
 Hebrew: אַלט |
 Hindi: गायन में ऊंचा आलाप |
 Croatian: alt |
 Hungarian: alt |
 Indonesian: alto |
 Icelandic: altrödd |
 Italian: contralto |
 Japanese: アルト |
 Korean: 알토 |
 Lithuanian: altas |
 Latvian: alts |
 Malay: alto |
 Dutch: alt |
 Norwegian: alt(stemme) |
 Polish: alt |
 Persian: صدای آلتو |
 Pashto: د آلتو غږ |
 Portuguese: contralto |
 Romanian: alto |
 Russian: альт |
 Slovak: alt |
 Slovenian: alt |
 Serbian: kontraalt, prvi tenor |
 Swedish: alt |
 Thai: เสียงร้องเพลงระดับต่ำที่ส |
 Turkish: en kalın kadın sesi |
 Taiwanese: 女低音 |
 Ukrainian: контральто; альт |
 Urdu: پاٹ دار آواز والا مغنی |
 Vietnamese: giọng nữ trầm |
 Chinese: 女低音 |
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