Definitions for falsetto

falsetto fal·set·to

Spelling: [fawl-set-oh]
IPA: /fɔlˈsɛt oʊ/

Falsetto is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 292 anagrams from letters in falsetto (aeflostt).

Definitions for falsetto

noun

  1. an unnaturally or artificially high-pitched voice or register, especially in a man.
  2. a person, especially a man, who sings with such a voice.

adverb

  1. in a falsetto.

adjective

  1. of, noting, or having the quality and compass of such a voice.

Origin of falsetto

1765-75; Italian, equivalent to fals(o) (Latin falsus false) + -etto -et

Examples for falsetto

Unlike his falsetto and his "cool dad" penchant for fedoras, this rumored affair is just so not cute.

His falsetto was rich and brilliant, but totally unlike the other.

He was a creature that had no falsetto in a single fibre of his being, no shadow of affectation.

He was uneasy as before, and adopted the falsetto tone of his comic moods.

She convinces herself that Jack Valentine is not only a falsetto, but a financier.

And he starts to sing it, filling the room with his sweet, fragile tenor, shifting to a falsetto that cuts straight to the heart.

It was just then that Ebony observed him and uttered a falsetto cry of astonishment.

His falsetto was rich, sweet, and brilliant, and totally unlike the other.

He had to repeat this in a falsetto voice before June understood.

A wit, in a falsetto scream, asked if he might have the next dance.

Word Value for falsetto
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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