altissimo
noun
altissimo is a noun meaning “The highest register of a woodwind instrument, or a specific note in this register” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-L-T-I-S-S-I-M-O, and it appears about once in every 45 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of altissimo is altissimos.
What does altissimo mean?
noun
- 1
The highest register of a woodwind instrument, or a specific note in this register
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of altissimo
- altissimos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is altissimo?
Altissimo appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does altissimo come from?
Borrowed from Italian altissimo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).