Meaning & use
Contraltos
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Singers, typically female, with the lowest common vocal range, or the vocal range itself, between tenor and mezzo-soprano.
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The choir needed more contraltos to balance the higher voices in the ensemble.
She sang the contraltos' solo with a rich, resonant tone.
A note on using this word
Contralto comes from Italian, combining 'contra' (against) and 'alto' (high), originally describing a voice that sits 'against,' or below, the alto range.
Words with a similar meaning
altos
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Words with an opposite meaning
sopranos
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