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   falsetto

   /fɔːlˈsɛtəʊ/

   noun

   • 1. a method of voice production used by male singers, especially tenors, to sing notes higher than their normal range: "he sang in a piercing falsetto"
   • ▪ a singer using the falsetto method of voice production.
   • ▪ a voice or sound that is unusually high: "Philip answered in a prim falsetto"

   Word Origin late 18th century: from Italian, diminutive of falso ‘false’, from Latin falsus (see false).

   Scrabble Points: 11

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