falsettos

Variant of falsetto

noun pl. falsettos

  1. an artificial way of singing or speaking, in which the voice is placed in a register much higher than that of the natural voice
  2. the voice used in such singing, esp. by tenors, usually having a soft, colorless quality
  3. a person singing or speaking in falsetto

Origin: It, dim. of falso, false < L falsus, false

adjective

of or singing in falsetto

adverb

in falsetto
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