alto
noun
the lowest female voice; contralto.
altos
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pluralof alto.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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She remembers opening the windows when the weather got warm, letting the sounds of altos and sopranos and tenors travel down the street.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 4, 2023
At Riverside Church, the bass section of the Chorale Le Chateau strongly anchored the fugue, and the altos lent it clarity.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2022
"But if you notice, they are all from melodic lines and they move in intervals that can be taken by sopranos, altos, tenors and basses, and this is not possible to do like that."
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2021
Like other community choirs, we have way more sopranos and altos than tenors and basses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2021
After a shaky start, the altos started harmonizing mellow and deep.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
