Standard Lemma guide

voiced

adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • /vɔɪst/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɔɪst
  • CMU ARPABET: V OY1 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Sounded with vibration of the vocal cords. For example, the phone [z] is voiced, while [s] is unvoiced.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: voiceless, unvoiced

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having a specified kind of voice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-compounds, not-comparable

Examples

  • a shrill-voiced little boy

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

That contains voice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, signal-processing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of voice

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

produced with vibration of the vocal cords;

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a frequently voiced opinion
  • voiced consonants such as `b' and `g' and `z'

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sonant, soft

Antonyms: unvoiced

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: tingullor — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Arabic: مَجْهُور (majhūr) — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Armenian: ձայնեղ (jayneġ) — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Azerbaijani: cingiltili — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Belarusian: зво́нкі (zvónki) — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Belarusian: зы́чны (zýčny) — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Belarusian: гу́чны (húčny) — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Bengali: ঘোষ (ghōś) — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Bulgarian: зву́чен (zvúčen) — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有聲 /有声 (yǒushēng) — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Chinese Mandarin: 濁 /浊 (zhuó) — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Czech: znělý — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Danish: stemt — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Dutch: stemhebbend — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Finnish: soinnillinen — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • French: sonore — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • French: voisé — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Georgian: მჟღერი (mžɣeri) — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • German: stimmhaft — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Greek: ηχηρός (ichirós) — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Hindi: सघोष (saghoṣ) — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Hungarian: zöngés — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Icelandic: raddaður — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Irish: glórach — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Italian: sonoro — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Japanese: 有声 (yūsei) — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Navajo: yolzóóz — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Norwegian: stemt — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Occitan: sonòr — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Polish: dźwięczny — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Portuguese: sonoro — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Russian: зво́нкий (zvónkij) — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Russian: зву́чный (zvúčnyj) — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Scottish Gaelic: guthach — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Serbo-Croatian: zvučni — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Slovak: znelý — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Spanish: sonoro — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Swedish: tonande — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Ukrainian: дзвінки́й (dzvinkýj) — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Ukrainian: дзвеня́чий (dzvenjáčyj) — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Ukrainian: гучни́й (hučnýj) — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Ukrainian: голосни́й (holosnýj) — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Ukrainian: лунки́й (lunkýj) — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
  • Vietnamese: hữu thanh — sounded with vibration of the vocal cords
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