| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| alto |
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| SYLLABICATION: | al·to |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   l t |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. al·tos
1. A low female singing voice; a contralto. 2. A countertenor. 3a. The range between soprano and tenor. b. A singer whose voice lies within this range. c. An instrument that sounds within this range. d. abbr. A A vocal or instrumental part written in this range. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Italian, from Latin altus, high. See al-2 in Appendix I.
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