contraltos

Meaning of contraltos

noun

The lowest female voice or voice part, falling between tenor and mezzo-soprano. The terms contralto and alto refer to a similar musical pitch, but among singers, the term contralto is reserved for female singers; the equivalent male form is counter-tenor. Originally the contratenor altus was a high countermelody sung against the tenor or main melody.

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Hyphenation of contraltos

con-tral-tos

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • contraltos is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

contraltos synonyms

Meaning :

alto

Words that rhyme with contraltos

altos, rialtos, saltos, smaltos

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