falsetto

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian falsetto, from falso (“false”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /fɔlˈsɛ.təʊ/
(US) enPR: fälsĕˊtō, IPA^(key): /fɔlˈsɛ.toʊ/, /fɔɫˈsɛ.ɾoʊ/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: fal‧set‧to

Noun

falsetto (countable and uncountable, plural falsettos)

(singing, uncountable) The "false" (singing) voice in any human, usually airy and lacking a purity of vowels; created by utilizing the next highest vocal folds above those used for speech and normal range singing. It is commonly confused with the Head Voice register.
(music, countable) A person who sings in falsetto.

Translations

"false" (singing) voice in any human

Bulgarian: фалцет m (falcét)
Catalan: falset m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 假聲 (zh), 假声 (zh) (jiǎshēng)
Czech: falzet m
Finnish: falsetti (fi)
French: fausset (fr) m
German: Falsett (de) n
Irish: cuach f
Italian: falsetto (it) m

Japanese: 裏声 (うらごえ, uragoe), 仮声 (ja) (かせい, kasei), ファルセット (farusetto)
Korean: 가성 (ko) (gaseong)
Maori: reo whakapakaru, whakapakaru
Polish: falset (pl) m
Portuguese: falsete (pt) m
Russian: фальце́т (ru) m (falʹcét)
Slovene: falzet (sl) m
Spanish: falsete m

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Italian

Noun

falsetto m (plural falsetti)

(music) falsetto (voice)

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