About The Word Voiceless
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Voiceless
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What's The Definition Of Voiceless?
[adj] being voiceless through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech
[adj] uttered without voice; "could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me'"; "voiceless whispers" [adj] not using the voice; "unvoiced thoughts"; "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'" [adj] (linguistics) of speech sounds Synonyms | Synonyms for Voiceless: aphonic | breathed | inarticulate | inaudible | surd | unarticulate | unhearable | unsung | unvoiced | whispered Related Terms | Find terms related to Voiceless: See Also | Voiceless In Webster's Dictionary \Voice"less\, a.
1. Having no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb.
I live and die unheard, With a most voiceless
thought, sheathing it as a sword. --Byron.
2. (Phon.) Not sounded with voice; as, a voiceless consonant;
surd.
{Voiceless stop} (Phon.), a consonant made with no audible
sound except in the transition to or from another sound; a
surd mute, as p, t, k. -- {Voice"less*ly}, adv. --
{Voice"less*ness}, n.
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