falsetto
pronunciation
How to pronounce falsetto in British English:
UK [fɔ:lˈsetəʊ]
How to pronounce falsetto in American English:
US [fɔlˈsetoʊ]
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- Noun:
- a male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register
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- Adjective:
- artificially high; above the normal voice range
Word Origin
- falsetto (n.)
- "artificially high voice," 1774, from Italian falsetto, diminutive of falso "false," from Latin falsus (see false). Earlier in an Englished form as falset (1707). One who sings thus is a falsettist.
Example
- 1. Instead of natural voice , the performers sing falsetto .
- 2. The music on these mp3 releases consisted of cheap-sounding home recordings that were murky and blown out , but the style drew on the ethereal end of contemporary r & b , with layered vocals , falsetto , and tons of reverb .
- 3. He lowered the level of his incongruous falsetto voice .
- 4. I heard him singing in a clear , high falsetto .
- 5. For his role as a young boy , he had to speak in a high falsetto .