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noun
1.
an unnaturally or artificially high-pitched voice or register, especially in a man.
2.
a person, especially a man, who sings with such a voice.
adjective
3.
of, noting, or having the quality and compass of such a voice.
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Falsetto
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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adverb
4.
in a falsetto.
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Example Sentences
- His lower register is unexpectedly resonant, and his falsetto sweetly poignant.
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Word Origin & History
falsetto
1774, from It., dim. of falso "false."
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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falsetto
the upper register of the human voice, the opposite of chest voice. Though sometimes considered synonymous with head voice, the Italian term falsetto means "false soprano" and therefore has been used traditionally to describe only the adult male's head voice, whereby the vocal cords vibrate in a length shorter than usual and somewhat apart with a permanent oval orifice between the edges. In choirs of men and boys, especially in England, there is a long uninterrupted tradition of adult male altos singing falsetto.
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