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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
falsetto /fɔːlˈsɛtəʊ, fɒl-/

▶noun (pl. falsettos) Music a method of voice production used by male singers, especially tenors, to sing notes higher than their normal range.

– origin C18: from Ital., dimin. of falso ‘false’.

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