falsetto

English

Etymology

From Italian falso.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /fɔlˈsɛ.təʊ/, X-SAMPA: /fOl"sE.t@U/
• (US) enPR: fälsĕˊtō, IPA: /falˈsɛ.toʊ/, /faɫˈsɛ.ɾo/, X-SAMPA: /fal"sE.toU/, /fa5"sE.4o/

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• Hyphenation: fal‧set‧to

Noun

falsetto (countable and uncountable; plural falsettos)

Wikipedia

1. (countable or uncountable) The "false" (singing) voice in any human, usually airy and lacking a purity of vowels; created by utilizing the next highest vocal folds above those used for speech and normal range singing. It is commonly confused with the Head Voice register.

Translations

"false" (singing) voice in any human

• Bulgarian: фалцет (bg) (falcet) m
• Chinese:

  Simplified: 假声

  Traditional: 假聲

  Pinyin: jiasheng

• French: fausset (fr) m

• German: Falsett (de)
• Italian: falsetto (it)
• Korean:

  Hangul: 가성

  Romaja: gaseong

• Slovene: falzet (sl) m

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Italian

Noun

falsetto m (plural falsetti)

1. (music) falsetto (voice)