falsetto
noun
[ fɔːlˈsɛtəʊ ]
• 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"
Similar:
high voice,
high-pitched voice,
high-pitched tone,
shrill tone,
piercing tone,
ear-piercing tone,
Origin:
late 18th century: from Italian, diminutive of falso ‘false’, from Latin falsus (see false).
