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Falsettos

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fal⋅set⋅to

  [fawl-set-oh] noun, plural -tos, adjective, adverb
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–noun
1. an unnaturally or artificially high-pitched voice or register, esp. in a man.
2. a person, esp. a man, who sings with such a voice.
–adjective
3. of, noting, or having the quality and compass of such a voice.
–adverb
4. in a falsetto.
Origin:
1765–75; < It, equiv. to fals(o) (< L falsus false ) + -etto -et
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fal·set·to   (fôl-sět'ō)   
n.   pl. fal·set·tos

  1. A male voice in an upper register beyond its normal range.

  2. One who sings or talks in this register.


[Italian, diminutive of falso, false, from Latin falsus; see false.]
fal·set'to adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

falsetto 
1774, from It., dim. of falso "false."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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