'Falsetto' definitions:
Definition of 'falsetto'
From: WordNet
adjective
Artificially high; above the normal voice range; "a falsetto voice"
noun
A male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register
Definition of 'Falsetto'
From: GCIDE
- Falsetto \Fal*set"to\, n.; pl. Falsettos. [It. falsetto, dim. fr. L. falsus. See False.] A false or artificial voice; that voice in a man which lies above his natural voice; the male counter tenor or alto voice. See Head voice, under Voice. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'falsetto'
From: GCIDE
- high-pitched \high-pitched\ adj.
- 1. high in pitch or frequency; -- used of sounds and voices. Opposite of low. [Narrower terms: {adenoidal, pinched, nasal}; altissimo; alto; countertenor, alto; falsetto; peaky, spiky; piping; shrill, sharp; screaky, screechy, squeaking, squeaky, squealing; soprano, treble; sopranino; tenor]
- Syn: high. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. set at a sharp or high angle or slant; as, a high-pitched roof.
- Syn: steeply pitched, steep. [WordNet 1.5] high-power
Synonyms of 'falsetto'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alto,
- aphonia,
- artificial voice,
- baritone,
- bass,
- bourdon,
- bravura,
- broken speech,
- broken tones,
- broken voice,
- burden,
- chest voice,
- childish treble,
- choked voice,
- choral,
- choric,
- coloratura,
- countertenor,
- cracked voice,
- croak,
- crow,
- dramatic,
- drone,
- drone bass,
- dysarthria,
- dyslalia,
- dyslogia,
- dysphasia,
- dysphonia,
- dysphrasia,
- harshness,
- hawking voice,
- head register,
- head tone,
- head voice,
- heroic,
- high,
- high-pitched,
- high-sounding,
- high-toned,
- hiss,
- hoarseness,
- hymnal,
- idioglossia,
- idiolalia,
- impairment of speech,
- lisp,
- lisping,
- liturgical,
- loss of voice,
- lyric,
- male alto,
- mezzo-soprano,
- muzzy speech,
- nasal tone,
- nasalization,
- operatic,
- psalmic,
- psalmodial,
- psalmodic,
- quaver,
- sacred,
- shake,
- sibilation,
- singing,
- soprano,
- speech defect,
- speech impediment,
- tenor,
- treble,
- tremor,
- twang,
- vocal,
- voce,
- voce di petto,
- voce di testa,
- voice