Meanings
voicing1
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of voice
voicing2
nounvoicing (countable and uncountable, plural voicings)
plural voicings
- countableuncountableentertainmentThe final regulation of the pitch and tone of any sound-producing entity, especially of an organ or similar musical instrument.
- countableuncountableentertainmentA particular arrangement of notes to form a chord.
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe articulatory process in which the vocal cords vibrate.
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesA classification of speech sounds that tend to be associated with vocal cord vibration.
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesA phonological process that turns a voiceless sound into a voiced one.
Synonyms: sonorization · Antonyms: devoicing, surdization
- countableuncountableA sound made by the voice; vocalization.
Shrill voicings of seagulls
1900, Valentine Brown, “The Fisherman's Last Drift”, in Poems1 more example
Pete dressed Eddie's high-pitched voicings in the stick-sweet strings of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.
1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 250
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA phonological process that turns a voiceless sound into a voiced one.
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Origin
voicing · verb
- Proto-Indo-European*wekʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*wṓkʷs
- Proto-Italic*wōks
- Latinvōcem
- Anglo-Normanvoiz
- Middle Englishvoys
- Englishvoice
- Englishvoicing
voicing · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*wekʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*wṓkʷs
- Proto-Italic*wōks
- Latinvōcem
- Anglo-Normanvoiz
- Middle Englishvoys
- Englishvoice
- Englishvoicing
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 清濁 /清浊
- 清濁 /清浊 (qīngzhuó)phonetics: classification of speech sounds
Finnish virittäminen, soinnutus
- virittäminenmusic: final regulation of the pitch and tone
- soinnutusmusic: particular arrangement of notes to form a chord
- soinnuttaminenphonetics: articulatory process
- sointiphonetics: classification of speech sounds
- soinnillistuminenphonological process that turns a voiceless sound into a voiced one
French voisement, voisement
- voisementphonetics: articulatory process
- voisementphonological process that turns a voiceless sound into a voiced one
- sonorisationphonological process that turns a voiceless sound into a voiced one
Hungarian zöngésülés, zöngésedés
- zöngésülésphonetics: articulatory process
- zöngésedésphonetics: articulatory process
- zöngésítésphonetics: articulatory process
- zöngésségphonetics: classification of speech sounds
- zöngephonetics: classification of speech sounds
Italian sonorizzazione, sonorizzazione
- sonorizzazionephonetics: articulatory process
- sonorizzazionephonetics: classification of speech sounds
- sonorizzazionephonological process that turns a voiceless sound into a voiced one
Japanese ボイシング, 清濁
- ボイシング (boishingu)music: particular arrangement of notes to form a chord
- 清濁 (seidaku)phonetics: classification of speech sounds
Polish udźwięcznienie, udźwięcznienie
- udźwięcznieniemusic: final regulation of the pitch and tone
- udźwięcznieniemusic: particular arrangement of notes to form a chord
- udźwięcznieniephonetics: articulatory process
- dźwięcznośćphonetics: classification of speech sounds
- udźwięcznieniephonological process that turns a voiceless sound into a voiced one
Russian озвонче́ние, зво́нкость
- озвонче́ние (ozvončénije)phonetics: articulatory process
- зво́нкость (zvónkostʹ)phonetics: classification of speech sounds
Spanish sonorización
- sonorizaciónphonological process that turns a voiceless sound into a voiced one
Cite this entry
APA
voicing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voicing
MLA
“voicing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voicing. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “voicing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voicing.
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