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falsetto

[ fawl-set-oh ]

noun

, plural fal·set·tos.
  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

  1. of, noting, or having the quality and compass of such a voice.

adverb

  1. in a falsetto.

falsetto

/ fɔːlˈsɛtəʊ /

noun

  1. a form of vocal production used by male singers to extend their range upwards beyond its natural compass by limiting the vibration of the vocal cords


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Word History and Origins

Origin of falsetto1

1765–75; < Italian, equivalent to fals ( o ) (< Latin falsus false ) + -etto -et

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Word History and Origins

Origin of falsetto1

C18: from Italian, from falso false

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Example Sentences

They wrote big songs with big falsetto choruses designed for big sing-alongs in big stadiums.

And he starts to sing it, filling the room with his sweet, fragile tenor, shifting to a falsetto that cuts straight to the heart.

Unlike his falsetto and his "cool dad" penchant for fedoras, this rumored affair is just so not cute.

His three-octave falsetto was also used to good advantage in Mars Attacks!

That high falsetto is frighteningly convincing, which raises the question: could a man really have pulled it off?

"Well, if it ain't ole Turkeyneck in person," he called in a high falsetto voice, as the two entered.

At last his companion had got into the habit of looking up at him whenever he cried in a falsetto voice, "Mignonne."

The trolley-wire, lifting a whole city home to supper, is a giant with a falsetto voice.

After the squalling falsetto had implored for a long time, the assailant at last gave over the exercise.

The employment of the Falsetto at any time, either in speaking or reading, is of doubtful taste.

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