What does "castrato" mean?

A male who has been castrated, especially a male whose testicles have been removed before puberty in order to retain his boyish voice.

How do you pronounce "castrato"?

Pronounced //kæsˈtɹɑː.təʊ//.

Common synonyms include: castrated, castrated male, castrated man, castrated singer, castrato associated, castrato oriented.

/kæsˈtɹɑː.təʊ/ adj, noun

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Noun

1
A male who has been castrated, especially a male whose testicles have been removed before puberty in order to retain his boyish voice.
"A castrato stepped forward, a slender / young man with earnest grey eyes."
2
a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice wordnet
3
A male soprano or alto voice produced by castration of the treble singer before puberty, intended to conserve his voice; the singer.
"As contexts shift, so does generational taste. Just ask the castrati – the high-voiced boy singers displaced when Enlightenment liberalism restored female performers to the stage."

Adjective

1
Castrated; especially castrated prepubescently. literally, not-comparable
2
Having, using or containing the voice of a castrato (noun). not-comparable
3
Originally composed for a castrato. not-comparable
"Nowadays, either women or countertenors take the castrato roles."

"A castrato stepped forward, a slender / young man with earnest grey eyes."

From Italian castrato, from Latin castrō (“to castrate”), likely from caedō (“to cut”).