contralto
the lowest female voice or voice part, intermediate between soprano and tenor.
the alto, or highest male voice or voice part.
a singer with a contralto voice.
pertaining to the contralto voice or its compass.
Origin of contralto
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How to use contralto in a sentence
'My Lord, What a Night'Two gifted originals in divergent pursuits — music and physics — come together in this Ford’s Theatre production, based on the true story of the friendship between contralto Marian Anderson and scientist Albert Einstein.
After a devastating lull, theater is coming back big | Peter Marks | September 10, 2021 | Washington PostThat is not an instrument for the production of tones in the contralto compass.
The Child-Voice in Singing | Francis E. HowardWhat she sang he did not know, but her deep contralto, holding heaven in its tones, he both knew and understood.
The White Shield | Myrtle ReedThe contralto and I were talking about it one day on the train and saying how glad we should be to get away from it.
Memoirs of an American Prima Donna | Clara Louise KelloggWith that there smote on our ears the sounds of two voices in altercation outside—one a woman's high contralto.
The Adventures of Harry Revel | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Through the warm air, heavy with the perfume of flowers, floated the contralto voice of Dolores.
The Harlequin Opal, Vol. 1 (of 3) | Fergus Hume
British Dictionary definitions for contralto
/ (kənˈtræltəʊ, -ˈtrɑːl-) /
the lowest female voice, usually having a range of approximately from F a fifth below middle C to D a ninth above it: In the context of a choir often shortened to: alto
a singer with such a voice
of or denoting a contralto: the contralto part
Origin of contralto
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for contralto
[ (kuhn-tral-toh) ]
The lowest range of the female singing voice; alto.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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