Definitions for voicelessˈvɔɪs lɪs
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
voice•lessˈvɔɪs lɪs(adj.)
having no voice; mute.
uttering no words; silent.
having an unmusical voice.
unspoken; unuttered.
having no vote or right of choice.
(of a speech sound) pronounced without vibration of the vocal cords, as the consonants (p), (f), and (s).
Category: Phonetics
Origin of voiceless:
1525–35
voice′less•ness(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
unvoiced, voiceless, surd, hard(adj)
produced without vibration of the vocal cords
"unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"
disenfranchised, disfranchised, voiceless, voteless(adj)
deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote
"labor was voiceless"; "disenfrenchised masses took to the streets"
breathed, voiceless(adj)
uttered without voice
"could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me'"; "voiceless whispers"
aphonic, voiceless(adj)
being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech
Wiktionary
voiceless(Adjective)
Lacking a voice, without vocal sound.
voiceless(Adjective)
Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced. Examples: [t], [s], [f].
Webster Dictionary
Voiceless(adj)
having no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb
Voiceless(adj)
not sounded with voice; as, a voiceless consonant; surd
Translations for voiceless
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
voiceless(adjective)
(negative unvoiced ).
- stemloosAfrikaans

- فاقِد الصَّوْتArabic

- беззвученBulgarian

- mudoPortuguese (BR)

- němý; neznělýCzech

- sprach-, stimmlosGerman

- stemmeløs; ustemtDanish

- άφωνοςGreek

- sordo; afónicoSpanish

- helituEstonian

- بی صداFarsi

- soinnitonFinnish

- sans voixFrench

- חֲסַר קוֹלHebrew

- बिना आवाज काHindi

- bezvučanCroatian

- hangtalan; zöngétlenHungarian

- tak bersuaraIndonesian

- mállaus; þögullIcelandic

- senza voce, mutoItalian

- 無言のJapanese

- 무성의Korean

- duslusLithuanian

- (par līdzskani) nebalsīgsLatvian

- tdk bersuaraMalay

- stemloosDutch

- uten stemme, stum, ustemtNorwegian

- bezdźwięcznyPolish

- mudoPortuguese

- fără voce/glasRomanian

- безмолвныйRussian

- neznelýSlovak

- brez glasuSlovenian

- bez glasaSerbian

- stum, outtaladSwedish

- ไร้เสียงThai

- sertünsüzTurkish

- 無聲的Chinese (Trad.)

- безголосий, німийUkrainian

- بے آوازUrdu

- vô thanhVietnamese

- 无声的Chinese (Simp.)

Get even more translations for voiceless »
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
"voiceless." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2013. Web. 22 May 2013. <http://www.definitions.net/definition/voiceless>.

