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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024al•to /ˈæltoʊ/USA pronunciation n., pl. -tos, adj. n. [countable] - Music and Dance contralto.
- Music and Dance countertenor.
- Music and Dancethe second highest part of a four-part chorus.
- Music and Dancethe second highest instrument in a family of musical instruments.
adj. [before a noun] - Music and Danceof, relating to, or having the tonal range of an alto.
See -alti-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024al•to (al′tō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tos, adj. [Music.]n. - Music and Dancethe lowest female voice;
contralto. - Music and Dancethe highest male voice;
countertenor. - Music and Dancea singer with such a voice.
- Music and Dancea musical part for such a voice.
- Music and Dancethe second highest of the four parts of a mixed vocal chorus, or the voices or persons singing this part.
- Music and Dancethe second highest instrument in a family of musical instruments, as the viola in the violin family or the althorn in the cornet family.
adj. - Music and Danceof, pertaining to, or having the tonal range of the alto.
- Music and Dance(of a musical instrument) second highest in a family of musical instruments:alto saxophone.
- Latin altus high
- Italian
- 1775–85
- var. of alti-: altostratus.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: alto /ˈæltəʊ/ n ( pl -tos)- the highest adult male voice; countertenor
- (in choral singing) a shortened form of contralto
- a singer with such a voice
- a flute, saxophone, etc, that is the third or fourth highest instrument in its group
adj - denoting a flute, saxophone, etc, that is the third or fourth highest instrument in its group
Etymology: 18th Century: from Italian: high, from Latin altus |