CONTRALTO

Con‐tral″to (? or �), n. [[It., fr. contra + alto. See Alto.]] (Mus.) (a) The part sung by the highest male or lowest female voices; the alto or counter tenor. (b) the voice or singer performing this part; as, her voice is a contralto; she is a contralto. ☞ The usual range of the contralto voice is from G, below middle C, to the C above that; though exceptionally it embraces two octaves.