Unvoiced: meaning, definitions and examples
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unvoiced
[ ʌnˈvɔɪst ]
speech
Not pronounced with vibration of the vocal cords; voiceless.
Synonyms
Examples of usage
- The unvoiced consonants in English are p, t, k, f, s, sh, ch, and th.
- She whispered in an unvoiced tone so as not to wake the baby.
Translations
Translations of the word "unvoiced" in other languages:
🇵🇹 não falado
- sem voz
- mudo
🇮🇳 अस्वरित
- बिना आवाज़ का
- मूक
🇩🇪 unhörbar
- tonlos
- stumm
🇮🇩 tanpa suara
- tidak bersuara
- bisu
🇺🇦 неголосний
- беззвучний
- німий
🇵🇱 niesłyszalny
- bez głosu
- niemy
🇯🇵 無声の
- 音のない
- 静かな
🇫🇷 inaudible
- sans voix
- muet
🇪🇸 inaudible
- sin voz
- mudo
🇹🇷 sesiz
- duyulmayan
- dilsiz
🇰🇷 소리가 없는
- 무음의
- 조용한
🇸🇦 غير مسموع
- بدون صوت
- أبكم
🇨🇿 neznějící
- bez hlasu
- němý
🇸🇰 neznely
- bez hlasu
- nemý
🇨🇳 无声的
- 没有声音的
- 哑的
🇸🇮 neslišen
- brez glasu
- nem
🇮🇸 hljóðlaus
- án hljóðs
- mállaus
🇰🇿 дыбыссыз
- үнсіз
- мылқау
🇬🇪 უხმო
- დაუმჟღავნებელი
- მუნჯი
🇦🇿 səssiz
- səs çıxarmayan
- lal
🇲🇽 inaudible
- sin voz
- mudo
Word origin
The word 'unvoiced' has its origins in the combination of the prefix 'un-' meaning 'not' and the past tense of the verb 'voice'. It first appeared in the English language in the 17th century, primarily used in linguistic contexts to describe sounds or speech that are not produced with vibration of the vocal cords. Over time, the term has also been adopted in other fields to indicate muting or silencing of voices or opinions.