voiced sound
- noun
- /vɔɪst saʊnd/
- Specialized
:
sonido sonoro
- In order to produce a clear voiced sound, the speaker must engage their vocal cords.
Examples
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Although the eventual objective was to shape Adam's vocalization into a production that was similar to the word bubbles (such as 'buh'), any nonreflexive voiced sound was considered accurate in Phase 1.
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This was almost always observed as carryover from a preceding voiced sound; however, it mostly affected the first time window.
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These occurred chiefly where the fricative followed voiced sounds in the reading and sentence-repetition tasks. # Measures # Moments.
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When singing, each voiced sound blends with the others to create a harmonious melody.
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Practicing voiced sounds can help improve one's pronunciation in different languages.
Synonyms
A sound made when the vocal cords vibrate during speech
Antonyms
How Voiced
- Specialized
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward composition of 'voiced' (produced with vibration of the vocal cords) + 'sound' (an auditory vibration), so its meaning is directly derivable from the constituent words. Although somewhat technical, this literal modifier–noun combination is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would understand it.
Etymology
Voiced sound comes from the small buzz you feel when you say it, because the thin bands in your throat called vocal cords shake and make a voice. So a voiced sound means a sound that is 'made with vibration' of those cords.