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contralto
[ kuhn-tral-toh ]
noun
, plural con·tral·tos.
- the lowest female voice or voice part, intermediate between soprano and tenor.
- the alto, or highest male voice or voice part.
- a singer with a contralto voice.
adjective
- pertaining to the contralto voice or its compass.
contralto
/ kənˈtræltəʊ; -ˈtrɑːl- /
noun
- the lowest female voice, usually having a range of approximately from F a fifth below middle C to D a ninth above it In the context of a choir often shortened toalto
- a singer with such a voice
adjective
- of or denoting a contralto
the contralto part
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Word History and Origins
Origin of contralto1
1720–30; < Italian, equivalent to contr(a) contra- 2( def ) + alto alto
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Word History and Origins
Origin of contralto1
C18: from Italian; see contra- , alto
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Example Sentences
That is not an instrument for the production of tones in the contralto compass.
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What she sang he did not know, but her deep contralto, holding heaven in its tones, he both knew and understood.
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The contralto and I were talking about it one day on the train and saying how glad we should be to get away from it.
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With that there smote on our ears the sounds of two voices in altercation outside—one a woman's high contralto.
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Through the warm air, heavy with the perfume of flowers, floated the contralto voice of Dolores.
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