alto

Universal Words noun, adjective noun (plural altos) 1 (also contralto) [C] a singing voice with a lower range than that of a SOPRANO; a person with an alto voice 2 [sing.] a musical part that is written for an alto voice compareBARITONE, BASS, COUNTER-TENOR, TENOR adjective [onlybeforenoun] (of a musical instrument) with the second highest range of notes in its group: an alto saxophone compareSOPRANO, TENOR