Tom plays the baritone saxophone and Mary plays the alto saxophone.
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Alto
//ˈæl.toʊ//
Synonyms for "alto" (100 found)
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Strong matches (30)
cantuscantus figuratuscantus planuscarolerchanterchantresschoralcoloraturacoloratura sopranocomic basscontinuocontratenor altuscroonerdeep bassdescantdivadramaticdramatic sopranodronefalsetto
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Adjective(2 words)
Noun(3 words)
Related words (50)
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3 entriesat location
5 entriescoordinate
1 entriesdefined as
1 entriesderived
8 entrieshas a
2 entrieshas context
2 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
5 entriesused for
5 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- ألتو noun (musical part)
Armenian
2 entries- ալտ noun (musical part)
- ալտ noun (person or instrument)
Bulgarian
2 entries- алт noun (musical part)
- алт noun (person or instrument)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 中音 noun (musical part)
Czech
2 entries- alt noun (musical part)
- alt noun (person or instrument)
Dutch
2 entries- alt noun (musical part)
- alt noun (person or instrument)
Finnish
2 entries- altto noun (musical part)
- altto noun (person or instrument)
French
1 entries- alto noun (musical part)
Georgian
1 entries- ალტო noun (musical part)
German
2 entries- Alt noun (musical part)
- Alt noun (person or instrument)
Greek
1 entries- κοντράλτο noun (musical part)
Hawaiian
2 entries- leo wahine noun (person or instrument)
- ʻaeko noun (person or instrument)
Hungarian
1 entries- alt noun (musical part)
Irish
2 entries- alt noun (musical part)
- cuach noun (musical part)
Italian
1 entries- contralto noun (person or instrument)
Japanese
2 entries- アルト noun (musical part)
- アルト noun (person or instrument)
Korean
4 entries- 녀성저음 noun (musical part)
- 알토 noun (musical part)
- 알토 noun (person or instrument)
- 여성저음 noun (musical part)
Māori
2 entries- kaiwaiata pekerangi noun (person or instrument)
- reo pekerangi noun (musical part)
Polish
4 entries- alcista noun (person or instrument)
- alcistka noun (person or instrument)
- alt noun (musical part)
- alt noun (person or instrument)
Portuguese
2 entries- contralto noun (musical part)
- contralto noun (person or instrument)
Russian
2 entries- альт noun (musical part)
- альт noun (person or instrument)
Spanish
2 entries- alto noun (musical part)
- contralto noun (musical part)
Swedish
2 entries- alt noun (musical part)
- alt noun (person or instrument)
Ukrainian
1 entries- альт noun (musical part)
Vietnamese
3 entries- kèn antô noun (person or instrument)
- người hát giọng nữ trầm noun (person or instrument)
- đàn antô noun (person or instrument)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
I was a better alto but was selected as a mezzo-soprano.
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Mary says she sings alto.
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Mary sings alto.
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