Voice
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Etymology
Old English vois, voys, Old French vois, voiz, French voix, Latin vox, vocis, akin to Greek a word, a voice, Sanskrit वच् to say, to speak, German erwähnen to mention. Compare advocate, advowson, avouch, convoke, epic, vocal, vouch, vowel
Noun
- Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character; as, the human voice; a pleasant voice; a low voice
- (Phonetics): Sound of the kind or quality heard in speech or song in the consonants b, v, d, etc., and in the vowels; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; -- distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in f, s, sh, etc., and also whisper
- Note: Voice, in this sense, is produced by vibration of the vocal cords in the larynx which act upon the air, not in the manner of the strings of a stringed instrument, but as a pair of membranous tongues, or reeds, which, being continually forced apart by the outgoing current of breath, and continually brought together again by their own elasticity and muscular tension, break the breath current into a series of puffs, or pulses, sufficiently rapid to cause the sensation of tone. The power, or loudness, of such a tone depends on the force of the separate pulses, and this is determined by the pressure of the expired air, together with the resistance on the part of the vocal cords which is continually overcome. Its pitch depends on the number of aërial pulses within a given time, that is, on the rapidity of their succession
- The tone or sound emitted by anything
- Quotations
- After the fire a still small voice. 1 Kings 19:12
- Canst thou thunder with a voice like him? - Job 40:9
- The floods have lifted up their voice. - Psalms 93:3
- O Marcus, I am warm'd; my heart Leaps at the trumpet's voice. - Addison
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- The faculty or power of utterance; as, to cultivate the voice
- Language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion
- Quotations
- I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. - Galatians 4:20
- My voice is in my sword. - Shakespeare, Macbeth, V-vii
- Let us call on God in the voice of his church. - Bp. Fell
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- Opinion or choice expressed; judgment; a vote
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- Sicinius. How now, my masters! have you chose this man? / 1st Citizen. He has our voices, sir. - Shakespeare, Coriolanus, II-iii
- Some laws ordain, and some attend the choice / Of holy senates, and elect by voice. - Dryden
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- Command; precept; -- now chiefly used in scriptural language
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- So shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God. - Deuteronomy 8:20
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- One who speaks; a speaker
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- A potent voice of Parliament. - Tennyson
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- (Grammar): A particular mode of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses
Translations
- Breton: mouezh f
- Chinese: 聲, 声 (shēng), 聲音, 声音 (shēngyīn)
- Dutch: stem f
- Esperanto: voĉo
- French: voix f
- German: Stimme f
- Greek: phon[é]
- Guaraní: ñe'ẽpu
- Indonesian: suara
- Interlingua: voce
- Italian: voce
- Japanese: 声 (こえ, koe), 音声 (おんせい, onsei) (1); 濁音 (だくおん, dakuon), 有声音 (ゆうせいおん, yuseion) (2); 態 (たい, tai) (9)
- Korean: 목소리 (moksori)
- Latin: vox '
- Norwegian: stemme, røst
- Portuguese: voz f
- Romanian: voce f
- Spanish: voz f, habla f, palabra f, expresión f
- Swedish: röst c
Derived expressions
- Active voice, (Grammar): that form of the verb by which its subject is represented as the agent or doer of the action expressed by it.
- Chest voice, (Phonology): a kind of voice of a medium or low pitch and of a sonorous quality ascribed to resonance in the chest, or thorax; voice of the thick register. It is produced by vibration of the vocal cords through their entire width and thickness, and with convex surfaces presented to each other.
- Head voice, (Phonology): a kind of voice of high pitch and of a thin quality ascribed to resonance in the head; voice of the thin register; falsetto. In producing it, the vibration of the cords is limited to their thin edges in the upper part, which are then presented to each other.
- Middle voice, (Grammar): that form of the verb by which its subject is represented as both the agent, or doer, and the object of the action, that is, as performing some act to or upon himself, or for his own advantage.
- Passive voice, (Grammar): See under passive, (adjective)
- Voice glide, (Pronunciation):, the brief and obscure neutral vowel sound that sometimes occurs between two consonants in an unaccented syllable (represented by the apostrophe), as in able. See glide, (Noun 2)
- Voice stop. See voiced stop, under voiced, (Adjective)
- With one voice, unanimously.
- Quotations
- All with one voice . . . cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. - Acts 19:34
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Transitive verb
Imperfect and past participle: voiced
Present participle: voicing
- To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce; to divulge; as, to voice the sentiments of the nation
- (Phonology): To utter with sonant or vocal tone; to pronounce with a narrowed glottis and rapid vibrations of the vocal cords; to speak above a whisper
- To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of; as, to voice the pipes of an organ
- (Obsolete): To vote; to elect; to appoint - Shakespeare
Intransitive verb
- (Obsolete): To clamor; to cry out - South
Translations
- Chinese: 表明 (biǎomíng), 發聲 (fāshēng), 出聲 (chūshēng)
- Dutch: z'n stem laten horen
- Esperanto: voĉi
- French: exprimer, énoncer
- Interlingua: exprimer, manifestar, vociferar
- Japanese: 声に出す (koe ni dasu)
- Portuguese: expressar, exprimir, manifestar, vociferar, proferir
- Romanian: exprima, manifesta, vocifera, anunţa
Reference
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