Definitions for contralto

contralto con·tral·to

Spelling: [kuh n-tral-toh]
IPA: /kənˈtræl toʊ/

Contralto is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 312 anagrams from letters in contralto (aclnoortt).

Definitions for contralto

noun

  1. the lowest female voice or voice part, intermediate between soprano and tenor.
  2. the alto, or highest male voice or voice part.
  3. a singer with a contralto voice.

adjective

  1. pertaining to the contralto voice or its compass.

Origin of contralto

1720-30; Italian, equivalent to contr(a) contra-2 + alto alto

Examples for contralto

The first tenor and the contralto, however, brought down the house.

The contralto voice clicked, and passed to its upper register.

That is not an instrument for the production of tones in the contralto compass.

Among others, Housman's partner and Esther Lake, the contralto.

It is for two voices, a soprano and contralto, and is excellently written.

It is a contralto that can express profound depths of feeling.

The second man might be an artificial soprano or a contralto.

And Mattie's contralto beautifully and nobly seconded the soprano.

It was a contralto voice, of a quality that made his pulses leap.

Still she held on, and then gave a tremulous, rich, contralto note.

Word Value for contralto
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