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Voiceless

Voiceless Definition And Meaning
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"lessly}, adv. -- {Voice"lessness}, n.

Voiceless Definition And Meaning

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

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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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