voiced

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/vɔɪst/

adjective

Sounded with vibration of the vocal cords. For example, the phone [z] is voiced, while [s] is unvoiced.

“a shrill-voiced little boy”

Less commonScrabble 12

Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of voice
adjectivevoiced (not comparable)
  1. not comparablehuman sciencesSounded with vibration of the vocal cords. For example, the phone [z] is voiced, while [s] is unvoiced.

    Antonyms: voiceless, unvoiced

  2. in compoundsnot comparableHaving a specified kind of voice.

    a shrill-voiced little boy

  3. not comparablecomputingThat contains voice.

    The unvoiced signal is smaller energy than voiced signal and, so, this section is applied the smaller threshold.

    1999, IEEE Service Center, ISIE ..., Volumes 1-3

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveSounded with vibration of the vocal cords. For example, the phone [z] is voiced, while [s] is unvoiced.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveproduced with vibration of the vocal cords

Similar
Opposite

adjectivecommunicated in words

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic مَجْهُور
  • مَجْهُور (majhūr)sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
Bengali ঘোষ
  • ঘোষ (ghōś)sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
Bulgarian зву́чен
  • зву́чен (zvúčen)sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
Chinese Mandarin 有聲 /有声, 濁 /浊
  • 有聲 /有声 (yǒushēng)sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • 濁 /浊 (zhuó)sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
Czech znělý
  • znělýsounded with vibration of the vocal cords
Danish stemt
  • stemtsounded with vibration of the vocal cords
Dutch stemhebbend
  • stemhebbendsounded with vibration of the vocal cords
Estonian heliline
  • helilinesounded with vibration of the vocal cords
Finnish soinnillinen
  • soinnillinensounded with vibration of the vocal cords
French sonore, voisé
  • sonoresounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • voisésounded with vibration of the vocal cords
German stimmhaft
  • stimmhaftsounded with vibration of the vocal cords
Greek ηχηρός
  • ηχηρός (ichirós)sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
Hindi सघोष
  • सघोष (saghoṣ)sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
Hungarian zöngés
  • zöngéssounded with vibration of the vocal cords
Icelandic raddaður
  • raddaðursounded with vibration of the vocal cords
Irish glórach
  • glórachsounded with vibration of the vocal cords
Italian sonoro
  • sonorosounded with vibration of the vocal cords
Japanese 有声
  • 有声 (yūsei)sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
Norwegian stemt
  • stemtsounded with vibration of the vocal cords
Polish dźwięczny
  • dźwięcznysounded with vibration of the vocal cords
Portuguese sonoro
  • sonorosounded with vibration of the vocal cords
Russian зво́нкий, зву́чный
  • зво́нкий (zvónkij)sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • зву́чный (zvúčnyj)sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
Scottish Gaelic guthach
  • guthachsounded with vibration of the vocal cords
Slovak znelý
  • znelýsounded with vibration of the vocal cords
Spanish sonoro
  • sonorosounded with vibration of the vocal cords
Swedish tonande
  • tonandesounded with vibration of the vocal cords
Ukrainian дзвінки́й, дзвеня́чий
  • дзвінки́й (dzvinkýj)sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • дзвеня́чий (dzvenjáčyj)sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • гучни́й (hučnýj)sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • голосни́й (holosnýj)sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • лунки́й (lunkýj)sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
Vietnamese hữu thanh
  • hữu thanhsounded with vibration of the vocal cords

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

voiced. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voiced

MLA

“voiced.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voiced. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “voiced,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voiced.

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