castrato
IPA: kʌstrˈɑtoʊ
noun
- A male who has been castrated, especially a male whose testicles have been removed before puberty in order to retain his boyish voice.
- A male soprano or alto voice produced by castration of the treble singer before puberty, intended to conserve his voice; the singer.
adjective
- (literally) Castrated; especially castrated prepubescently.
- Having, using or containing the voice of a castrato (noun).
- Originally composed for a castrato.
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Examples of "castrato" in Sentences
- Maybe castrato and organ would be ok.
- Castrato of course would stay the same.
- This is a rare term, but probably does equate to castrato.
- Those with natural upper extention are technically castrato.
- I have no reason to believe that Michael Jackson is a castrato.
- The alto parts of Handel's Messiah were first sung by a castrato.
- As he was a castrato I think it very unlikely that he would have a beard.