Hypertext Webster Gateway: "contralto"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Contralto \Con*tral"to\ (? or ?), a. (Mus.)
Of or pertaining to a contralto, or to the part in music
called contralto; as, a contralto voice.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Contralto \Con*tral"to\ (? or ?), n. [It., fr. contra + alto.
See {Alto}.] (Mus.)
(a) The part sung by the highest male or lowest female
voices; the alto or counter tenor.
(b) the voice or singer performing this part; as, her voice
is a contralto; she is a contralto.
Note: The usual range of the contralto voice is from G, below
middle C, to the C above that; though exceptionally it
embraces two octaves.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
contralto
adj : of or being the lowest female voice [syn: {alto}]
n 1: a woman singer having a contralto voice
2: the lowest female singing voice [syn: {alto}]
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