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Etymology
Old English vois, voys, Old French vois, voiz, French voix, Latin vox, vocis, akin to Sanskrit व�� (to say, to speak) and German erwähnen (to mention). Compare advocate, advowson, avouch, convoke, epic, vocal, vouch, vowel.

Pronunciation
IPA|/v�ɪs/
audio|en-us-voice.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|�ɪs

Noun
en-noun

1. Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character; as, the human voice; a pleasant voice; a low voice.

#: Quotations
#:* He with a manly voice saith his message. � Chaucer
#:* Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low; an excellent thing in woman. � Shakespeare, King Lear, V-iii
#:* Thy voice is music. � Shakespeare, Henry V, V-ii
#:* Join thy voice unto the angel choir. � Milton

1. phonetics Sound of the kind or quality heard in speech or song in the consonants b, v, d, etc., and in the vowels; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; � distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in f, s, sh, etc., and also whisper.

#: Note: Voice, in this sense, is produced by vibration of the vocal cords in the larynx which act upon the air, not in the manner of the strings of a stringed instrument, but as a pair of membranous tongues, or reeds, which, being continually forced apart by the outgoing current of breath, and continually brought together again by their own elasticity and muscular tension, break the breath current into a series of puffs, or pulses, sufficiently rapid to cause the sensation of tone. The power, or loudness, of such a tone depends on the force of the separate pulses, and this is determined by the pressure of the expired air, together with the resistance on the part of the vocal cords which is continually overcome. Its pitch depends on the number of aërial pulses within a given time, that is, on the rapidity of their succession.

1. The tone or sound emitted by anything

#: Quotations
#:* After the fire a still small voice. � 1 Kings 19:12
#:* Canst thou thunder with a voice like him? � Job 40:9
#:* The floods have lifted up their voice. � ''Psalms 93:3
#:* O Marcus, I am warm�d; my heart Leaps at the trumpet�s voice. � Addison

1. The faculty or power of utterance; as, to cultivate the voice
2. Language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion

#: Quotations
#:* I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. � Galatians 4:20
#:* My voice is in my sword. � Shakespeare, Macbeth, V-vii''
#:* Let us call on God in the voice of his church. � Bp. Fell

1. Opinion or choice expressed; judgment; a vote.

#: Quotations
#:* Sicinius. How now, my masters! have you chose this man? / 1st Citizen. He has our voices, sir. � Shakespeare, Coriolanus, II-iii
#:* Some laws ordain, and some attend the choice / Of holy senates, and elect by voice. � Dryden

1. Command; precept; � now chiefly used in scriptural language.

#: Quotations
#:* So shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God. � Deuteronomy 8:20

1. One who speaks; a speaker.

#: Quotations
#:* A potent voice of Parliament. � Tennyson

1. Grammar A particular mode 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.

Translations
trans-top|Sound uttered by the mouth, especially that uttered by human beings in speech or song
Czech: t-|cs|hlas|m
Danish: stemme c, røst c
Finnish: t+|fi|ääni
German: t+|de|Stimme|f
Greek: t+|el|��νή|f|s|sc=Grek (foní)
trreq|Hebrew
Icelandic: rödd f, málrómur m, rómur m
trans-mid
Japanese: t+|ja|声|trkoe|scJpan, t+|ja|�声|tronsei|scJpan
Nahuatl: tozquiuaua
Kurdish: t+|ku|د���گ|sc=KUchar
Polish: t+|pl|g�os|m
Russian: t+|ru|голо�|m|trgólos|scCyrl
Scots: vyce
Spanish: t+|es|voz|f
Swedish: t+|sv|röst|c
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trans-top|Sound of the kind or quality heard in speech or song in the consonants b, v, d, etc., and in the vowels
Danish: stemning c
German: t+|de|Stimme|f
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Japanese: t-|ja|�声�|tryuseion|scJpan, t+|ja|��|trdakuon|scJpan
Spanish: t+|es|sonoro|m
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trans-top|The tone or sound emitted by anything
Danish: lyd c
Finnish: t+|fi|ääni
German: t+|de|Stimme|f
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Japanese: t+|ja|�|troto|scJpan
Polish: t+|pl|g�os|m
Scots: vyce
Spanish: t+|es|voz|f
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trans-top|The faculty or power of utterance
Danish: gennemslagskraft c
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Polish: t+|pl|g�os|m
Spanish: t+|es|voz|f
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trans-top|Language; words; speech; expression; signification of feeling or opinion
Danish: t+|da|stemme|c
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Japanese: t+|ja|声|trkoe|scJpan
Polish: t+|pl|g�os|m
Spanish: t+|es|palabra|f
Swedish: t+|sv|röst|c, t+|sv|stämma|c
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trans-top|Opinion or choice expressed; judgment; a vote
Czech: t-|cs|hlas|m
Danish: t+|da|stemme|c
Finnish: t+|fi|mielipide
Kurdish: t+|ku|د���گ|sc=KUchar
trans-mid
Japanese: t+|ja|声|trkoe|scJpan
Polish: t+|pl|g�os|m
Spanish: t-|es|voto|m
Swedish: t+|sv|röst|c
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trans-top|Command, precept
Danish: t-|da|vilje|c
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Japanese: t+|ja|声|trkoe|scJpan
Swedish: t+|sv|vilja|c, t+|sv|röst|c
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trans-top|One who speaks; a speaker
Danish: t+|da|stemme|c
Spanish: t-|es|orden|f
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Swedish: t+|sv|röst|c
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trans-top|A particular mode of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb
Czech: t+|cs|rod|m
Danish: t-|da|form|c
Finnish: t+|fi|pääluokka
trans-mid
Japanese: t+|ja|�|trtai|scJpan
Spanish: t+|es|voz|f
Russian: t+|ru|залог|m|trzalóg|scCyrl
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ttbc|Tamil: ��ரல� (kural)
ttbc|Tagalog: boses
ttbc|Turkish: ses, seda, avaz#Turkish|avaz
ttbc|Urdu: URchar|آ�از (�vaz)

Derived terms
voice of the toothless one

:* All with one voice . . . cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. � Acts 19:34

Verb
en-verb|voices|voicing|voiced

1. transitive To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce; to divulge; as, to voice the sentiments of the nation.

#: Quotations
#:* Rather assume thy right in silence and . . . then voice it with claims and challenges. � Bacon
#:* It was voiced that the king purposed to put to death Edward Plantagenet. � Bacon

1. context|transitive|phonology To utter with sonant or vocal tone; to pronounce with a narrowed glottis and rapid vibrations of the vocal cords; to speak above a whisper.
2. transitive To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of; as, to voice the pipes of an organ.
3. context|transitive|obsolete To vote; to elect; to appoint � Shakespeare
4. context|intransitive|obsolete To clamor; to cry out � South

Translations
trans-top|Give utterance or expression to
Danish: give udtryk for, udtrykke
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Japanese: t-|ja|声���|trkoe ni dasu|scJpan
Swedish: uttrycka, ge uttryck för
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trans-top|Utter with a sonant or vocal tone
Danish: udtale stemt
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Japanese: t-|ja|声����|trkoe wo ageru|scJpan
Swedish: t+|sv|tala
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trans-top|Regulate the tone of
Danish: t+|da|stemme
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Japanese: t-|ja|����|troto wo dasu|scJpan
Swedish: t+|sv|stämma
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trans-top|Vote
Danish: t+|da|stemme
trans-mid
Japanese: t-|ja|声����|trkoe wo ageru|scJpan
Swedish: rösta (vote), välja (elect)
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trans-top|Clamor
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Japanese: t-|ja|声����|trkoe wo ageru|scJpan
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ttbc|Chinese: 表� (bi�omíng), �� (f�sh�ng), �� (chūsh�ng)
ttbc|Dutch: z'n stem laten horen
ttbc|Esperanto: vo�i
ttbc|French: exprimer, énoncer
ttbc|Interlingua: exprimer, manifestar, vociferar
ttbc|Portuguese: expressar, exprimir, manifestar, vociferar, proferir
ttbc|Romanian: exprima, manifesta, vocifera, anunţa

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