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"sense": "the lowest female voice",
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"roman": "ḳonṭralṭo",
"sense": "the lowest female voice",
"word": "კონტრალტო"
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"word": "reo taka"
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"word": "giọng nữ trầm"
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"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "alto"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "the lowest female voice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "contralt"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "nǚdīyīn",
"sense": "the lowest female voice",
"word": "女低音"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the lowest female voice",
"word": "kontra-altto"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the lowest female voice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "contralto"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳonṭralṭo",
"sense": "the lowest female voice",
"word": "კონტრალტო"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the lowest female voice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kontraalt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the lowest female voice",
"word": "alt"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the lowest female voice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "contralto"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kontoraruto",
"sense": "the lowest female voice",
"word": "コントラルト"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "the lowest female voice",
"word": "reo taka"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "the lowest female voice",
"word": "reo hakahaka"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "the lowest female voice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "s'gonde"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the lowest female voice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "contralto"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kontrálʹto",
"sense": "the lowest female voice",
"tags": [
"indeclinable",
"neuter"
],
"word": "контра́льто"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the lowest female voice",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kontraalt"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "the lowest female voice",
"word": "giọng nữ trầm"
}
],
"word": "contralto"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "contraltos",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "contralto m (plural contraltos)",
"name": "fr-noun"
}
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"French countable nouns",
"French entries with incorrect language header",
"French lemmas",
"French masculine nouns",
"French nouns",
"French terms with audio links"
],
"glosses": [
"contralto"
],
"links": [
[
"contralto",
"contralto#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-contralto.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/25/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-contralto.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-contralto.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/25/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-contralto.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Lepticed7-contralto.wav.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"word": "contralto"
}
{
"categories": [
"Italian 3-syllable words",
"Italian countable nouns",
"Italian entries with incorrect language header",
"Italian lemmas",
"Italian masculine nouns",
"Italian nouns",
"Italian terms prefixed with contra-",
"Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Rhymes:Italian/alto",
"Rhymes:Italian/alto/3 syllables"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "contraltile"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "contralto",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: contralto",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: contralto"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "contra",
"3": "alto"
},
"expansion": "contra- + alto",
"name": "prefix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From contra- + alto.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "contralti",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "contralto m (plural contralti)",
"name": "it-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"con‧tràl‧to"
],
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"contralto (female)"
],
"links": [
[
"contralto",
"contralto#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"counter-tenor (male)"
],
"links": [
[
"counter-tenor",
"counter-tenor"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/konˈtral.to/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-alto"
}
],
"word": "contralto"
}
{
"categories": [
"Portuguese 3-syllable words",
"Portuguese countable nouns",
"Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
"Portuguese lemmas",
"Portuguese masculine nouns",
"Portuguese nouns",
"Portuguese terms borrowed from Italian",
"Portuguese terms derived from Italian",
"Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Rhymes:Portuguese/altu",
"Rhymes:Portuguese/altu/3 syllables",
"Rhymes:Portuguese/awtu",
"Rhymes:Portuguese/awtu/3 syllables"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "loanword",
"2": "Borrowed"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "it",
"3": "contralto",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "Italian contralto",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "it",
"3": "contralto"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Italian contralto",
"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian contralto.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "contraltos",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "contralto m (plural contraltos)",
"name": "pt-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"con‧tral‧to"
],
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "contra-"
},
{
"word": "contra"
},
{
"word": "alto"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"pt:Music"
],
"glosses": [
"contralto (voice between tenor and mezzo-soprano)"
],
"links": [
[
"music",
"music"
],
[
"contralto",
"contralto#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(music) contralto (voice between tenor and mezzo-soprano)"
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"pt:Music"
],
"glosses": [
"contralto (singer with this voice)"
],
"links": [
[
"music",
"music"
],
[
"contralto",
"contralto#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(music) contralto (singer with this voice)"
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kõˈtɾaw.tu/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kõˈtɾaʊ̯.tu]",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kõˈtɾaw.tu/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kõˈtɾaʊ̯.tu]",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kõˈtɾaw.to/",
"tags": [
"Southern-Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kõˈtɾaʊ̯.to]",
"tags": [
"Southern-Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kõˈtɾal.tu/",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[kõˈtɾaɫ.tu]",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "(Portugal) -altu"
},
{
"rhymes": "(Brazil) -awtu"
}
],
"word": "contralto"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "contraltos",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "contralto f (plural contraltos)",
"name": "es-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Spanish countable nouns",
"Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
"Spanish feminine nouns",
"Spanish lemmas",
"Spanish nouns",
"Spanish nouns with irregular gender"
],
"glosses": [
"contralto"
],
"links": [
[
"contralto",
"contralto#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"word": "contralto"
}
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