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alto
alto is a 4-letter English word with 10 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices, between in tenor and soprano. In instrumental music it now signifies the tenor. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 5 · 10 senses
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- 1noun
Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, or contralto, voices, between in tenor and soprano. In instrumental music it now signifies the tenor.
- 2noun
An alto singer.
- 3noun
the pitch range of the lowest female voice
- 4noun
(of a musical instrument) the second highest instrument in a family of musical instruments
- 5noun
the highest adult male singing voice
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- 6noun
the lowest female singing voice
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- 7noun
a singer whose voice lies in the alto clef
- 8adjective
(of a musical instrument) second highest member of a group
"alto clarinet or recorder"
- 9adjective
of or being the highest male voice; having a range above that of tenor
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- 10adjective
of or being the lowest female voice
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