voiceless
Lacking a voice, without vocal soundLacking a voice, without vocal sound.
» Dutch has both voiced and voiceless consonants.
Meaning
3 senses(not comparable)Lacking a voice, without vocal sound.
tonlos
безголо́сыйbezgolósyj, безгла́сныйbezglásnyj, немо́йnemój
безголо́снийbezholósnyj, беззву́чнийbezzvúčnyj, безголо́сийbezholósyj
uttered without voice
(figuratively, not comparable)Without a vote; having no input into a decision.
(not comparable)Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced, surd, breathed. Examples: [t], [s], [f], [m̥], [u̥].
stimmlos
глухо́йgluxój
глухи́йhluxýj, безголо́снийbezholósnyj
produced without vibration of the vocal cords
Examples
7 sentencesDutch has both voiced and voiceless consonants.
In that language, voiceless consonants tend to be voiced intervocalically.
It seems appropriate to apply these rules to the voiceless consonants.
Through determination and perseverance, he's become a voice for the voiceless.
An alveolar ejective has voiceless phonation, meaning it is produced without vocal cord vibration.
Translations
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Synonyms
10 synonyms- being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech:aphonic
- uttered without voice:breathed
- produced without vibration of the vocal cords:unvoicedsurdhard
- deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote:disenfranchiseddisfranchisedvoteless