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CONTRALTO
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Irregular inflected form: contralti
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The lowest female singing voice
Synonyms:
alto; contralto
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("contralto" is a kind of...):
singing voice (the musical quality of the voice while singing)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A woman singer having a contralto voice
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("contralto" is a kind of...):
singer; vocaliser; vocalist; vocalizer (a person who sings)
Instance hyponyms:
Anderson; Marian Anderson (United States contralto noted for her performance of spirituals (1902-1993))
Ernestine Schumann-Heink; Schumann-Heink (United States operatic contralto (1861-1936))
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or being the lowest female voice
Synonyms:
alto; contralto
Classified under:
Similar:
low; low-pitched (used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency)
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