alto
Meaning of alto
noun
- (especially in church music) the highest adult male singing voice (sometimes distinguished from the countertenor voice as using falsetto).
- denoting the member of a family of instruments pitched second or third highest.
alto flute
late 16th century: from Italian alto (canto) ‘high (song)’.
Information about alto
- It is a name.
- The plural form of alto is: altos.
- Languages in which alto is used:
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Hyphenation of alto
alto
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- alto is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
alto synonyms
Meaning contralto:
Meaning countertenor:
Translation of alto
Anagrams of alto
Words that rhyme with alto
Aalto, Bethalto, Rialto, rialto, Malto, malto, smalto, Paloalto, appalto, contralto, Salto, assalto, salto
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