Hypertext Webster Gateway: "falsetto"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
falsetto
adj : artificially high; above the normal voice range; "a falsetto
voice"
n : a male singing voice with artificially high tones in an
upper register
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