Alto Definition

ăltō
altos
noun
altos
A low female singing voice; a contralto.
American Heritage
The range of the lowest adult female voice or the highest adult male voice.
Webster's New World
A countertenor.
American Heritage
A voice or singer with such a range.
Webster's New World
The range between soprano and tenor.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
adjective
Of, for, or having the range of an alto.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
affix
High.
Altostratus.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Alto

Noun

Singular:
alto
Plural:
altos

Origin of Alto

  • Italian from Latin altus high al-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Italian alto (“high”)

    From Wiktionary

Alto Sentence Examples

  • They have alto a little Garden for Herbs, Onions, &c.

  • Of the higher educational institutions of the state the most important are the state university at Berkeley and Leland Stanford Jr. University at Palo Alto.

  • Alma redemptoris mater is an anonymous setting by an unknown composer, here transcribed and transposed for soprano, alto and tenor solo voices.

  • This hill, partly natural and partly artificial, was once the site of a Roman fortification, and in old records is known as Moaldes, Monhault, or Monthault (de monte alto).

  • I sing alto in a local choral society where we are currently learning Mozart's Requiem.

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Words Starting With

AALALT

Words Ending With

OTOLTO

Unscrambles

alto

Words Starting With A and Ending With O

Starts With A & Ends With OStarts With AL & Ends With OStarts With A & Ends With TO

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With A4 Letter Words Ending With O