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contralto
[ kuhn-tral-toh ]
noun
- 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
/ -ˈtrɑːl-; kənˈtræltəʊ /
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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of contralto1
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Example Sentences
'My Lord, What a Night'Two gifted originals in divergent pursuits — music and physics — come together in this Ford’s Theatre production, based on the true story of the friendship between contralto Marian Anderson and scientist Albert Einstein.
That is not an instrument for the production of tones in the contralto compass.
What she sang he did not know, but her deep contralto, holding heaven in its tones, he both knew and understood.
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.
With that there smote on our ears the sounds of two voices in altercation outside—one a woman's high contralto.
Through the warm air, heavy with the perfume of flowers, floated the contralto voice of Dolores.
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