voice

Meaning

Noun

1. Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character
2. Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
3. The tone or sound emitted by an object
4. The faculty or power of utterance
5. That which is communicated; message; meaning.
6. (figuratively) An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered
7. (archaic) Command; precept.
8. One who speaks; a speaker.
9. A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.
10. A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
11. In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
12. (Internet) A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether or not they can send messages to the channel.

Verb

1. (transitive) To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce
2. (transitive) To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath.
3. (transitive) To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of
4. (obsolete, transitive) To vote; to elect; to appoint
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To clamor; to cry out
6. (Internet, transitive) To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.
7. To act as a voice actor to portray a character.

Synonyms

sound

🔉

noise

language

speech

tone

utter

word

vote

express

report

throat

vox

information

tidings

speak

🗣️

say

🗣️

opinion

vocalize

cry

😢

part

pronounce

rumour

vocalization

news

📰

vocalisation

view

tongue

👅

tune

pronunciation

enunciate

larynx

representative

words

couch

🛋️

articulation

convey

vocalise

utterance

vocalism

articulate

statement

signify

call

spokesperson

announce

phonation

neck

interpreter

accent

grammatical voice

Translations

voix

voz

Stimme

voce

voz

φωνή

veu

stem

deng

son

🔉

vox

votz

صوت

🔉

ses

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vɔɪs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: voice

Cognate with French: voix

Cognate with Sanskrit: वाच्

Cognate with Ancient Greek: ὄψ

Cognate with Persian: آواز

Cognate with Middle English: steven

Cognate with Old English: stefn

Cognate with Old English: hlēoþor#Noun

Cognate with Old English: woþ#Noun_2

Cognate with Old English: reord#Noun

Inherited from Middle English: voysen

In summary

From Middle English voice, voys, vois, borrowed from Anglo-Norman voiz, voys, voice, Old French vois, voiz (Modern French voix), from Latin vōcem, accusative form of vōx (“voice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs, root noun from *wekʷ- (“to utter, speak”). Cognate with Sanskrit वाच् (vāc), Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps), Persian آواز (âvâz). Displaced native Middle English steven (“voice”) (from Old English stefn (see steven)), Old English hlēoþor, Old English woþ, and Old English reord. Compare advocate, advowson, avouch, convoke, vocal, vouch, vowel. Doublet of vox.

Sentences

" No ," he heard a voice on the wind say .

" Who are you ?" he heard a voice ask him in Spanish .

Drew had also sung as a boy soprano before his voice broke .

Voice actors for these Higglytown heroes are frequently guest celebrities .

Active voice is used in a clause whose subject expresses the main verb's agent .

There is no authoritative system of voice classification in non-classical music .