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English

Etymology

Old English vois, voys, Old French vois, voiz, French voix, Latin vox, vocis, akin to Sanskrit वच् (to say, to speak) and German erwähnen (to mention). Compare advocate, advowson, avouch, convoke, epic, vocal, vouch, vowel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /vɔɪs/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-voice.ogg


Noun

  1. 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.
  2. : Quotations
  3. :* He with a manly voice saith his message. — Chaucer
  4. :* Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low; an excellent thing in woman. — Shakespeare, King Lear, V-iii
  5. :* Thy voice is music. — Shakespeare, Henry V, V-ii
  6. :* Join thy voice unto the angel choir. — Milton
  7. 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.
  8. : 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.
  9. The tone or sound emitted by anything
  10. : Quotations
  11. :* After the fire a still small voice. — 1 Kings 19:12
  12. :* Canst thou thunder with a voice like him? — Job 40:9
  13. :* The floods have lifted up their voice. — ''Psalms 93:3
  14. :* O Marcus, I am warm’d; my heart Leaps at the trumpet’s voice. — Addison
  15. The faculty or power of utterance; as, to cultivate the voice
  16. Language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion
  17. : Quotations
  18. :* I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. — ''Galatians 4:20
  19. :* My voice is in my sword. — Shakespeare, Macbeth, V-vii
  20. :* Let us call on God in the voice of his church. — Bp. Fell
  21. Opinion or choice expressed; judgment; a vote.
  22. : Quotations
  23. :* Sicinius. How now, my masters! have you chose this man? / 1st Citizen. He has our voices, sir. — Shakespeare, Coriolanus, II-iii
  24. :* Some laws ordain, and some attend the choice / Of holy senates, and elect by voice. — Dryden
  25. Command; precept; — now chiefly used in scriptural language.
  26. : Quotations
  27. :* So shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God. — Deuteronomy 8:20
  28. One who speaks; a speaker.
  29. : Quotations
  30. :* A potent voice of Parliament. — Tennyson
  31. 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

  • Catalan: {{t+|ca|veu|f}}
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|hlas|m}}
  • Danish: stemme , røst
  • Finnish:
  • German: {{t+|de|Stimme|f}}
  • Greek: {{t+|el|φωνή|f|s|sc=Grek}} (foní)
  • Hungarian:
  • Icelandic: rödd , málrómur , rómur
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|声|tr=koe|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|音声|tr=onsei|sc=Jpan}}
  • Kurdish: {{t-|ku|ده‌نگ|sc=KUchar}}
  • Nahuatl: tozquiuaua
  • Occitan: {{t+|oc|votz|f|xs=Occitan}}
  • Polish: {{t+|pl|głos|m}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|голос|m|tr=gólos|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Scots: vyce
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|voz|f}}
  • Swedish: {{t+|sv|röst|c}}
  • Danish: stemning
  • German: {{t+|de|Stimme|f}}
  • Japanese: {{t-|ja|有声音|tr=yuseion|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|濁音|tr=dakuon|sc=Jpan}}
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|sonoro|m}}
  • Danish: lyd
  • Finnish:
  • German: {{t+|de|Stimme|f}}
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|音|tr=oto|sc=Jpan}}
  • Polish: {{t+|pl|głos|m}}
  • Scots: vyce
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|voz|f}}
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|voz|f}}
  • Danish: {{t+|da|stemme|c}}
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|声|tr=koe|sc=Jpan}}
  • Polish: {{t+|pl|głos|m}}
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|palabra|f}}
  • Swedish: {{t+|sv|röst|c}}, {{t+|sv|stämma|c}}
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|hlas|m}}
  • Danish: {{t+|da|stemme|c}}
  • Finnish:
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|声|tr=koe|sc=Jpan}}
  • Kurdish: {{t-|ku|ده‌نگ|sc=KUchar}}
  • Polish: {{t+|pl|głos|m}}
  • Spanish: {{t-|es|voto|m}}
  • Swedish: {{t+|sv|röst|c}}
  • Danish: {{t-|da|vilje|c}}
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|声|tr=koe|sc=Jpan}}
  • Swedish: {{t+|sv|vilja|c}}, {{t+|sv|röst|c}}
  • Danish: {{t+|da|stemme|c}}
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|orden|f}}
  • Swedish: {{t+|sv|röst|c}}
  • Czech: {{t+|cs|rod|m}}
  • Danish: {{t-|da|form|c}}
  • Finnish:
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|態|tr=tai|sc=Jpan}}
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|залог|m|tr=zalóg|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Spanish: {{t+|es|voz|f}}

Derived terms


FIXME: the following should be separate articles:

  • 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 : 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


Verb

  1. To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce; to divulge; as, to voice the sentiments of the nation.
  2. : Quotations
  3. :* Rather assume thy right in silence and . . . then voice it with claims and challenges. — Bacon
  4. :* It was voiced that the king purposed to put to death Edward Plantagenet. — Bacon
  5. In the Context of 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.
  6. To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of; as, to voice the pipes of an organ.
  7. In the Context of To vote; to elect; to appoint — Shakespeare
  8. In the Context of To clamor; to cry out — South


Translations

  • Danish: udtale stemt
  • Japanese: {{t-|ja|声をあげる|tr=koe wo ageru|sc=Jpan}}
  • Swedish:
  • Danish:
  • Japanese: {{t-|ja|音を出す|tr=oto wo dasu|sc=Jpan}}
  • Swedish:
  • Danish:
  • Japanese: {{t-|ja|声をあげる|tr=koe wo ageru|sc=Jpan}}
  • Japanese: {{t-|ja|声をあげる|tr=koe wo ageru|sc=Jpan}}

Category:1000 English basic words Category:Communication Category:Sound

ang:voice ar:voice el:voice fa:voice fr:voice ko:voice io:voice id:voice it:voice kk:voice ky:voice ku:voice hu:voice nl:voice ja:voice oc:voice pl:voice simple:voice fi:voice sv:voice ta:voice te:voice vi:voice tr:voice uk:voice zh:voice

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Voice \Voice\, n. [OE. vois, voys, OF. vois, voiz, F. voix, L.
vox, vocis, akin to Gr. ? a word, ? a voice, Skr. vac to say,
to speak, G. erw[aum]hnen to mention. Cf. Advocate,
Advowson, Avouch, Convoke, Epic, Vocal, Vouch,
Vowel.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]

He with a manly voice saith his message. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]

Her voice was ever soft,
Gentle, and low; an excellent thing in woman.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]

Thy voice is music. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

Join thy voice unto the angel choir. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Phon.) 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.
[1913 Webster]

Note: Voice, in this sense, is produced by vibration of the
so-called vocal cords in the larynx (see Illust. of
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 aerial pulses within
a given time, that is, on the rapidity of their
succession. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 5,
146, 155.
[1913 Webster]

3. The tone or sound emitted by anything.
[1913 Webster]

After the fire a still small voice. --1 Kings xix.
12.
[1913 Webster]

Canst thou thunder with a voice like him? --Job xl.
9.
[1913 Webster]

The floods have lifted up their voice. --Ps. xciii.
3.
[1913 Webster]

O Marcus, I am warm'd; my heart
Leaps at the trumpet's voice. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]

4. The faculty or power of utterance; as, to cultivate the
voice.
[1913 Webster]

5. Language; words; speech; expression; signification of
feeling or opinion.
[1913 Webster]

I desire to be present with you now, and to change
my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. --Gal. iv.
20.
[1913 Webster]

My voice is in my sword. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

Let us call on God in the voice of his church. --Bp.
Fell.
[1913 Webster]

6. Opinion or choice expressed; judgment; a vote.
[1913 Webster]

Sic. How now, my masters! have you chose this man?
1 Cit. He has our voices, sir. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

Some laws ordain, and some attend the choice
Of holy senates, and elect by voice. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]

7. Command; precept; -- now chiefly used in scriptural
language.
[1913 Webster]

So shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient
unto the voice of the Lord your God. --Deut. viii.
20.
[1913 Webster]

8. One who speaks; a speaker. "A potent voice of Parliament."
--Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]

9. (Gram.) 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.
[1913 Webster]

Active voice (Gram.), that form of the verb by which its
subject is represented as the agent or doer of the action
expressed by it.

Chest voice (Phon.), 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 (Phon.), 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 (Gram.), 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. (Gram.) See under Passive, a.

Voice glide (Pron.), the brief and obscure neutral vowel
sound that sometimes occurs between two consonants in an
unaccented syllable (represented by the apostrophe), as in
able (a"b'l). See Glide, n., 2.

Voice stop. See Voiced stop, under Voiced, a.

With one voice, unanimously. "All with one voice . . .
cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians." --Acts xix.
34.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Voice \Voice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Voiced; p. pr. & vb. n.
Voicing.]
1. To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish;
to announce; to divulge; as, to voice the sentiments of
the nation. "Rather assume thy right in silence and . . .
then voice it with claims and challenges." --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]

It was voiced that the king purposed to put to death
Edward Plantagenet. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Phon.) 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.
[1913 Webster]

3. To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the
tone of; as, to voice the pipes of an organ.
[1913 Webster]

4. To vote; to elect; to appoint. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Voice \Voice\, v. i.
To clamor; to cry out. [Obs.] --South.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet voice
n 1: the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's
speech; "A shrill voice sounded behind us"
2: the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by
the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good
care of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any
vocalizations" [syn: vocalization, vocalisation, phonation,
vox]
3: a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance; "the noisy voice of
the waterfall"; "the incessant voices of the artillery"
4: expressing in coherent verbal form; "the articulation of my
feelings"; "I gave voice to my feelings" [syn: articulation]
5: a means or agency by which something is expressed or
communicated; "the voice of the law"; "the Times is not
the voice of New York"; "conservatism has many voices"
6: something suggestive of speech in being a medium of
expression; "the wee small voice of conscience"; "the
voice of experience"; "he said his voices told him to do
it"
7: (metonymy) a singer; "he wanted to hear trained voices sing
it"
8: an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose;
"the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the
major organs of government" [syn: spokesperson, interpreter,
representative]
9: the ability to speak; "he lost his voice"
10: (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive)
of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that
the verb denotes
11: the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in
polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part" [syn:
part]
v 1: give voice to; "He voiced his concern"
2: utter with vibrating vocal chords [syn: sound, vocalize,
vocalise] [ant: devoice]
Moby Dictionary
Australian ballot , Hare system , Heldentenor , Meistersinger , OK ,
acceptance , accompaniment , active , active voice , adherence ,
admiration , agency , agent , air , allophone , alto , alveolar ,
apico-alveolar , apico-dental , approbation , approval , aria singer ,
articulate , articulation , aspiration , assert , assimilation , atone ,
attune , aye , ballot , baritenor , baritone , bass , basso , basso buffo ,
basso cantante , basso continuo , basso ostinato , basso profundo ,
bassus , bilabial , blessing , blues singer , bourdon , breathe ,
bring up , burden , cacuminal , canary , cantatrice , canto , cantor ,
cantus , cantus figuratus , cantus planus , canvass , canvassing ,
caroler , casting vote , cerebral , chance , chanter , chantress , check ,
chest voice , chime , chord , chorus , coloratura , coloratura soprano ,
come out with , comic bass , communicate , consonant , continuant ,
continuo , contralto , convey , countenance , countertenor ,
counting heads , crooner , cumulative voting , deciding vote ,
decision , declare , deep bass , deliver , dental , descant , diphthong ,
disclose , dissimilation , diva , division , dramatic soprano , drone ,
drone bass , emit , endorsement , enfranchisement , enunciate ,
epenthetic vowel , esteem , explosive , express , expression ,
fagot vote , falsetto , favor , favorable vote , figured bass ,
fling off , formulate , forum , franchise , give , give expression ,
give out with , give tongue , give utterance , give voice , glide ,
glottal , glottalization , graveyard vote , ground bass , guttural ,
hand vote , head voice , herald , heroic tenor , hymner , impart ,
improvisator , instrument , labial , labialization , labiodental ,
labiovelar , laryngeal , lateral , lead singer , let out ,
lieder singer , line , lingual , linguistic act , lip , liquid ,
list system , locution , make known , manner of articulation ,
manner of speaking , medio-passive , medium , melodist , mezzo-soprano ,
middle , middle voice , mode of expression , modification ,
monophthong , morphophoneme , mouthpiece , mute , nasal , nay , no , nod ,
nontransferable vote , occlusive , official spokesman , opera singer ,
option , organ , out with , palatal , parasitic vowel , parol , parole ,
part , participation , passive , passive voice , peak , pharyngeal ,
pharyngealization , phonate , phonation , phone , phoneme , phrase ,
plain chant , plain song , plebiscite , plebiscitum , plosive , plumper ,
plural vote , poll , polling , pour forth , preferential voting ,
present , prick song , prima donna , prolocutor , prolocutress ,
prolocutrix , pronounce , proportional representation ,
prothetic vowel , proxy , psalm singer , publication , put , put forth ,
put in tune , put in words , raise , rapporteur , record vote , recount ,
referendum , reflexive , reporter , representation , representative ,
respect , retroflex , reveal , right to vote , rising vote ,
rock-and-roll singer , sanction , say , say-so , seal of approval ,
secret ballot , segmental phoneme , semivowel , sequence of phonemes ,
set forth , share , show of hands , singer , single vote , singstress ,
snap vote , sonant , songbird , songster , songstress , sonority ,
soprano , sound , speaker , speaking , speech , speech act ,
speech sound , spokesman , spokesperson , spokeswoman ,
stamp of approval , statement , stop , straw vote , string , suffrage ,
surd , syllabic nucleus , syllabic peak , syllable , talk , tell , tenor ,
the spoken word , thorough bass , throw off , timbre , tone , tone down ,
tone of voice , tone up , tongue , torch singer , transferable vote ,
transition sound , treble , triphthong , tune , tune up , turn ,
undersong , utter , utterance , utterance string , vehicle , velar ,
vent , verbalize , viva voce , vocable , vocalic , vocalist , vocalize ,
vocalizer , voce , voce di petto , voce di testa , vocoid , voice part ,
voice qualifier , voice quality , voice vote , voiced sound ,
voiceless sound , voicing , vote , voting , voting right , vowel ,
warbler , way of saying , whisper , word , word of mouth , words ,
write-in , write-in vote , yea , yea vote , yeas and nays , yes ,
yodeler


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