/ fɔːlˈsetəʊ; NAmE -toʊ/ noun
( pl. -os ) an unusually high voice, especially the voice that men use to sing very high notes
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WORD ORIGIN
late 18th cent.: from Italian , diminutive of falso false, from Latin falsus , fallere deceive.
/ fɔːlˈsetəʊ; NAmE -toʊ/ noun
( pl. -os ) an unusually high voice, especially the voice that men use to sing very high notes
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WORD ORIGIN
late 18th cent.: from Italian , diminutive of falso false, from Latin falsus , fallere deceive.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005