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

German: Alt
Spanish: alto
French: alto

Anagrams of alto

Lota, lota, talo, tola

Words that rhyme with alto

Aalto, Bethalto, Rialto, rialto, Malto, malto, smalto, Paloalto, appalto, contralto, Salto, assalto, salto

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