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Meaning of VOICED

Pronunciation:  voyst

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  produced or delivered by the voice; often used in combination; "a frequently voiced opinion"; "voiced consonants such as `b' and `g' and `z'"; "loud-voiced teenagers"
  2. [adj]  (linguistics) of speech sounds
 
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 Synonyms: sonant, spoken, sung, vocal
 
 Antonyms: surd, unvoiced, voiceless
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Voiced\, a.
1. Furnished with a voice; expressed by the voice.
2. (Phon.) Uttered with voice; pronounced with vibrations of
   the vocal cords; sonant; -- said of a sound uttered with
   the glottis narrowed.
{Voiced stop}, {Voice stop} (Phon.), a stopped consonant made
   with tone from the larynx while the mouth organs are
   closed at some point; a sonant mute, as b, d, g hard.
 

 

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