"falsetto" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /fɔːlˈsɛt.əʊ/ [UK], /fɒlˈsɛt.əʊ/ [UK], /fɔlˈsɛt.oʊ/ [US], /fɔɫˈsɛɾ.oʊ/ [US] Audio: en-us-falsetto.ogg [US] Forms: falsettos [plural]
enPR: fälsĕʹtō Etymology: Borrowed from Italian falsetto, from falso (“false”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|falsetto}} Italian falsetto, {{m|it|falso||false}} falso (“false”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} falsetto (countable and uncountable, plural falsettos)
  1. (singing, uncountable) The "false" (singing) voice in any human, usually airy and lacking a purity of vowels; created by using the next highest vocal folds above those used for speech and normal range singing. It is commonly confused with the head voice register. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Singing, Musical voices and registers, People Translations ("false" (singing) voice in any human): фалце́т (falcét) [masculine] (Bulgarian), falset [masculine] (Catalan), 假聲 (Chinese Mandarin), 假声 (jiǎshēng) (Chinese Mandarin), falzet [masculine] (Czech), falsetti (Finnish), fausset [masculine] (French), Falsett [neuter] (German), falseto (Indonesian), cuach [feminine] (Irish), falsetto [masculine] (Italian), 裏声 (uragoe) (alt: うらごえ) (Japanese), 仮声 (kasei) (alt: かせい) (Japanese), ファルセット (farusetto) (Japanese), 가성 (gaseong) (Korean), reo whakapakaru (Maori), whakapakaru (Maori), falset [masculine] (Polish), fistuła [feminine] (Polish), falsete [masculine] (Portuguese), фальце́т (falʹcét) [masculine] (Russian), falzet [masculine] (Slovene), falsete [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-falsetto-en-noun-nLB3AkRl Disambiguation of Musical voices and registers: 49 40 11 Disambiguation of People: 61 39 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 21 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 67 28 5 Disambiguation of '"false" (singing) voice in any human': 82 18
  2. (music, countable) A person who sings in falsetto. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Music, Musical voices and registers, Musicians
    Sense id: en-falsetto-en-noun-zPzLTtmS Disambiguation of Musical voices and registers: 49 40 11 Disambiguation of Musicians: 30 64 6 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Verb [English]

IPA: /fɔːlˈsɛt.əʊ/ [UK], /fɒlˈsɛt.əʊ/ [UK], /fɔlˈsɛt.oʊ/ [US], /fɔɫˈsɛɾ.oʊ/ [US] Audio: en-us-falsetto.ogg [US] Forms: falsettos [present, singular, third-person], falsettoing [participle, present], falsettoed [participle, past], falsettoed [past]
enPR: fälsĕʹtō Etymology: Borrowed from Italian falsetto, from falso (“false”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|falsetto}} Italian falsetto, {{m|it|falso||false}} falso (“false”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} falsetto (third-person singular simple present falsettos, present participle falsettoing, simple past and past participle falsettoed)
  1. To sing or utter in falsetto. Categories (topical): Musical voices and registers
    Sense id: en-falsetto-en-verb-JUvhTy2o Disambiguation of Musical voices and registers: 49 40 11

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /falˈset.to/ Forms: falsetti [plural]
Rhymes: -etto Etymology: From the diminutive of falso. Etymology templates: {{diminutive of|it|falso|nocap=1}} diminutive of falso Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} falsetto m (plural falsetti)
  1. (music) falsetto (voice) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-falsetto-it-noun-lAk12SLm Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Inflected forms

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        "The \"false\" (singing) voice in any human, usually airy and lacking a purity of vowels; created by using the next highest vocal folds above those used for speech and normal range singing. It is commonly confused with the head voice register."
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "en:Music"
      ],
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        "A person who sings in falsetto."
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        [
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          "music"
        ]
      ],
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        "(music, countable) A person who sings in falsetto."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔːlˈsɛt.əʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɒlˈsɛt.əʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔlˈsɛt.oʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔɫˈsɛɾ.oʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-falsetto.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/En-us-falsetto.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "enpr": "fälsĕʹtō"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "falcét",
      "sense": "\"false\" (singing) voice in any human",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фалце́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "\"false\" (singing) voice in any human",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "falset"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "\"false\" (singing) voice in any human",
      "word": "假聲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎshēng",
      "sense": "\"false\" (singing) voice in any human",
      "word": "假声"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "\"false\" (singing) voice in any human",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "falzet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "\"false\" (singing) voice in any human",
      "word": "falsetti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "\"false\" (singing) voice in any human",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fausset"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "\"false\" (singing) voice in any human",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Falsett"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "\"false\" (singing) voice in any human",
      "word": "falseto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "\"false\" (singing) voice in any human",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cuach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "\"false\" (singing) voice in any human",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "falsetto"
    },
    {
      "alt": "うらごえ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "uragoe",
      "sense": "\"false\" (singing) voice in any human",
      "word": "裏声"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kasei",
      "sense": "\"false\" (singing) voice in any human",
      "word": "仮声"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "farusetto",
      "sense": "\"false\" (singing) voice in any human",
      "word": "ファルセット"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gaseong",
      "sense": "\"false\" (singing) voice in any human",
      "word": "가성"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "\"false\" (singing) voice in any human",
      "word": "reo whakapakaru"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "\"false\" (singing) voice in any human",
      "word": "whakapakaru"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "\"false\" (singing) voice in any human",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "falset"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "\"false\" (singing) voice in any human",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fistuła"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "\"false\" (singing) voice in any human",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "falsete"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "falʹcét",
      "sense": "\"false\" (singing) voice in any human",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фальце́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "\"false\" (singing) voice in any human",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "falzet"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "\"false\" (singing) voice in any human",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "falsete"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "falsetto"
  ],
  "word": "falsetto"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Italian",
    "English terms derived from Italian",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "en:Musical voices and registers",
    "en:Musicians",
    "en:People"
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        "3": "falsetto"
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      "name": "bor"
    },
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        "2": "falso",
        "3": "",
        "4": "false"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    }
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "falsettoing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "falsettoed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "falsettoed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To sing or utter in falsetto."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/fɔːlˈsɛt.əʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɒlˈsɛt.əʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔlˈsɛt.oʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔɫˈsɛɾ.oʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-falsetto.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/En-us-falsetto.ogg/En-us-falsetto.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/En-us-falsetto.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "fälsĕʹtō"
    }
  ],
  "word": "falsetto"
}

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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "falsetto",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: falsetto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: falsetto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "falsete",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: falsete",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: falsete"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "falsete",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: falsete",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: falsete"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "falso",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "diminutive of falso",
      "name": "diminutive of"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the diminutive of falso.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "falsetti",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "falsetto m (plural falsetti)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "fal‧sét‧to"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "Italian 3-syllable words",
        "Italian countable nouns",
        "Italian diminutive nouns",
        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian lemmas",
        "Italian masculine nouns",
        "Italian nouns",
        "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Rhymes:Italian/etto",
        "Rhymes:Italian/etto/3 syllables",
        "it:Music"
      ],
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        "falsetto (voice)"
      ],
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        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
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          "falsetto",
          "falsetto#English"
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      ],
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        "(music) falsetto (voice)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/falˈset.to/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-etto"
    }
  ],
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}

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