contralto

kɔ̃tʁalto

Definition

Definition of contralto - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masc/fem

chant

TECH.

voix féminine la plus grave dans la classification musicale

TECH.

Cette aria est écrite spécialement pour contralto.

tessiture grave

TECH.

chanteuse qui possède une voix de contralto

TECH.

La contralto a interprété magnifiquement cet opéra de Verdi.

Adjective

chant lyrique

TECH.

qui appartient au registre le plus grave chez les femmes

TECH.

Sa voix contralto émeut le public.

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Origin of contralto

italien, contralto (voix grave)

Terms with contralto included in their meaning

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haute-contre

opéra

voix masculine la plus aigüe, entre contralto et ténor

contraltiste

chant

chanteur ou chanteuse ayant une voix grave de contralto

contraltiste

adj.

voix

relatif au contralto ou qui caractérise cette tessiture vocale grave

Examples of contralto in a sentence

Il manque une contralto dans notre chœur pour ce morceau.
La contralto a impressionné le jury au concours.
Un célèbre contralto chantera ce soir au théâtre.
Elle travaille surtout les rôles contralto du répertoire baroque.
La partie contralto du chœur manque encore de puissance.

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English:contralto, contralto-range, ...
German:Alt, altstimmig, ...
Italian:contralto, dal registro vocale grave, ...
Spanish:contralto, contralta, ...
Portuguese:contralto, ...
Chinese:女低音, 女低音的, ...
Japanese:コントラルト, アルトの, ...
Arabic:كُونْتْرَالْتُو, كُنترالتو, ...
Hebrew:קוֹל אַלְטוֹ, קוֹנְטְרַאלְטוֹ, ...
Russian:контральто, контральтовый, ...
Ukrainian:контральто, контральтовий, ...
Catalan:contralt, de contralt, ...
Danish:kontraalt, kontralt, ...
Dutch:contralto, ...
Greek:κοντράλτο, χαμηλόφωνη, ...
Hungarian:kontraalt, alténekesnő, ...
Khmer:កុងត្រាល់តូ, ដែលមានសំឡេងទាបបំផុតក្នុងចំណោមស្ត្រី, ...
Korean:콘트랄토, 콘트랄토의, ...
Polish:kontralt, kontraltowy, ...
Portuguese (BR):contralto, de registro grave feminino, ...
Romanian:contraltă, contralt, ...
Swedish:kontralt, kontraalt, ...
Thai:เสียงคอนทรัลโต, ระดับเสียงคอนทรัลโต, ...
Turkish:kontralto, kontraltolu, ...
Vietnamese:giọng nữ trầm, nữ trầm, ...

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Definition of contralto - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masc/fem

Adjective

Origin of contralto

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