Meaning of VOICED
Pronunciation: | | voyst
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [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"
- [adj] (linguistics) of speech sounds
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| Synonyms: | | sonant, spoken, sung, vocal |
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| Antonyms: | | surd, unvoiced, voiceless | |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| 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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