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The lowest female voice or voice part, falling between tenor and mezzo-soprano. The terms contralto and alto refer to the same musical pitch range, 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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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
of or being the lowest female voice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: alto
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the lowest female singing voice
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Synonyms: alto
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Broader terms: singing voice
a woman singer having a contralto voice
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Broader terms: singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser
Narrower terms: Anderson, Marian Anderson, Schumann-Heink, Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Contraction of contratenor alto, from Latin contratenor altus.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
контраалт
(kontraalt)
— the lowest female voice
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Catalan:
contralt
— the lowest female voice
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Chinese Mandarin:
女低音
(nǚdīyīn)
— the lowest female voice
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Finnish:
kontra-altto
— the lowest female voice
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French:
contralto
— the lowest female voice
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Georgian:
კონტრალტო
(ḳonṭralṭo)
— the lowest female voice
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German:
Kontraalt
— the lowest female voice
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Hungarian:
alt
— the lowest female voice
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Italian:
contralto
— the lowest female voice
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Japanese:
コントラルト
(kontoraruto)
— the lowest female voice
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Māori:
reo taka
— the lowest female voice
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Māori:
reo hakahaka
— the lowest female voice
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Norman:
s'gonde
— the lowest female voice
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Portuguese:
contralto
— the lowest female voice
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Russian:
контра́льто
(kontrálʹto)
— the lowest female voice
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Swedish:
kontraalt
— the lowest female voice
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Vietnamese:
giọng nữ trầm
— the lowest female voice
