alto
French, noun/al.to/
alto is spelled A-L-T-O (4 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 19,772nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alto is a French masculine noun meaning “alto” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dans la musique vocale, voix correspondant à la voix féminine la plus grave”.
What does alto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealto
- 2
masculineellipsis of violon alto; viola
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dans la musique vocale, voix correspondant à la voix féminine la plus grave. 2. Ellipse pour violon alto. 3. Dans un orchestre de jazz, ellipse pour saxophone alto.
adjective: 1. Caractérise des instruments à vents dont le registre se situe entre les sopranos et les ténors.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alto
- altos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alto?
- /al.to/
- \al.to\
- [al.tɔ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alto in French?
alto appears 2.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).