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FALSETTO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("falsetto" is a kind of...):
head register; head tone; head voice (the higher ranges of the voice in speaking or singing; the vibrations of sung notes are felt in the head)
Derivation:
falsetto (artificially high; above the normal voice range)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Artificially high; above the normal voice range
Example:
a falsetto voice
Classified under:
Similar:
high; high-pitched (used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency)
Derivation:
falsetto (a male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register)
