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Adjective: falsetto  fol'se-tow [N. Amer], fól'se-tow or fol'se-tow [Brit]
  1. Artificially high; above the normal voice range
    "a falsetto voice"
Noun: falsetto  fol'se-tow [N. Amer], fól'se-tow or fol'se-tow [Brit]
  1. A male singing voice with artificially high tones in an upper register
    "The singer's falsetto impressed the audience during the high notes of the ballad"

Derived forms: falsettos

See also: high, high-pitched

Type of: head register, head tone, head voice

Encyclopedia: Falsetto