voiceless

Examples

• All

• Voiceless, cold, insane.

  Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)

• Is that nasal voiced or voiceless voiced?

• After all, it's right next to a voiceless sound giving you brush, right?

• During the time course of a well-produced voiceless fricative, the spectral balance should change.

  Academic text (2013)

• Previous work did not find significant differences among these three voiceless consonant productions (Stepp et al., 2010).

  Academic text (2012)

• In word-initial position, English contrasts two voiceless stops, one with a short-lag VOT and one with a long-lag VOT.

  Academic text (2012)

• Voiceless realizations for voiced coda consonants are common in children's early productions (Naeser, 1970; Smit, 1993).

  Academic text (2013)

• In phonetics, the sounds voiceless include consonants like 'p' and 's', which are made without using vocal cord vibration.

• The word 'pat' has a voiceless initial sound, making it distinct from the voiced equivalent 'bat'.

• When describing consonants, voiceless sounds often contrast with their voiced counterparts, such as 't' compared to 'd'.

Synonyms

S

surd

vsvoiceless

• Specialized

9.9

A sound that does not make your vocal cords vibrate, like p or k

is the same meaning but is an alternative label

U

unvoiced

vsvoiceless

• Specialized

6.7

Made without using the voice, like the sounds p, k, and s

is the same description but without added examples

Antonyms

V

voiced

• Specialized

5.3

A sound made when parts inside your throat vibrate

Idioms

G

to give a voice to the voiceless

1 6.0

Speak up for people who cannot be heard

Compounds

V

voiceless community

• Literature

7.7

A group of people who cannot speak up or are not heard in society

V

voiceless consonant

• Specialized

5.6

A consonant you make without the vocal cords moving, like the 'p' in pat

How Voiced

voiced

• Specialized

5.3

voiceless

• Specialized

1 7.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology