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vocal cords

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Two folds of tissue located in the larynx that vibrate when air passes over them, producing the sound waves associated with talking and singing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-plural, plural, plural-only

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Across languages

Translations

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  • Arabic: اَوْتَار صَوْتِيَّة (awtār ṣawtiyya) — folds of tissue
  • Arabic: أَحْبَال صَوْتِيَّة (ʔaḥbāl ṣawtiyya) — folds of tissue
  • Arabic: احبال صوتية (aḥbāl ṣawṭeya) — folds of tissue
  • Chinese Cantonese: 聲帶 /声带 — folds of tissue
  • Chinese: 聲帶 /声带 (zh-min-nan) — folds of tissue
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聲帶 /声带 (shēngdài) — folds of tissue
  • Czech: hlasivky — folds of tissue
  • Dutch: stembanden — folds of tissue
  • Esperanto: voĉkordoj — folds of tissue
  • Estonian: häälepaelad — folds of tissue
  • Finnish: äänihuulet — folds of tissue
  • French: cordes vocales — folds of tissue
  • Galician: cordas vocais — folds of tissue
  • German: Stimmbänder — folds of tissue
  • Greek: φωνητικές χορδές (fonitikés chordés) — folds of tissue
  • Greenlandic: nipiliuut — folds of tissue
  • Ido: vocala kordi — folds of tissue
  • Indonesian: pita suara — folds of tissue
  • Irish: téada an ghutha — folds of tissue
  • Italian: corde vocali — folds of tissue
  • Japanese: 声帯 (seitai) — folds of tissue
  • Korean: 성대 (seongdae) — folds of tissue
  • Latvian: balss saites — folds of tissue
  • Malay: pita suara — folds of tissue
  • Okinawan: 喉弦 (nūdījiru) — folds of tissue
  • Polish: struny głosowe — folds of tissue
  • Portuguese: cordas vocais — folds of tissue
  • Romanian: coarde vocale — folds of tissue
  • Russian: голосовы́е свя́зки (golosovýje svjázki) — folds of tissue
  • Spanish: cuerdas vocales — folds of tissue
  • Swedish: stämband — folds of tissue
  • Tagalog: tinigang-bagting — folds of tissue
  • Tagalog: babagtingang tinig — folds of tissue
  • Ukrainian: голосові́ зв'я́зки (holosoví zvʺjázky) — folds of tissue
  • Welsh: tannau'r llais — folds of tissue