voiceless

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• /ˈvɔɪsləs/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wekw-der. Proto-Indo-European *wṓkws Proto-Italic *wōks Latin vōcem Anglo-Norman voizbor. Middle English voys English voice Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English voiceless From voice + -less.

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: kar — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Belarusian: бязгу́чны (bjazhúčny) — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Belarusian: безгало́сы (bjezhalósy) — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Bulgarian: беззву́чен (bezzvúčen) — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Bulgarian: безгла́сен (bezglásen) — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Esperanto: senvoĉa — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Finnish: mykkä — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Finnish: äänetön — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• French: aphone — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Georgian: უხმო (uxmo) — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Georgian: მუნჯი (munǯi) — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• German: tonlos — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Ancient Greek: ἄφωνος (áphōnos) — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Hungarian: hangtalan — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Hungarian: néma — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Icelandic: raddlaus — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Japanese: 無言の (mugon no) — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Japanese: 暗黙の (anmoku no) — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Kalmyk: дун уга (dun uga) — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Kazakh: үнсіз (ünsız) — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Lithuanian: bebalsis — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Manx: balloo — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Manx: gyn coraa — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Polish: niemy — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Polish: bezgłośny — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Polish: bezdźwięczny — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Portuguese: mudo — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Romanian: mut — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Romanian: fără voce — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Russian: безголо́сый (bezgolósyj) — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Russian: безгла́сный (bezglásnyj) — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Russian: немо́й (nemój) — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Russian: беззву́чный (bezzvúčnyj) — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Scots: voiceless — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Spanish: mudo — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Swedish: tonlös — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Ukrainian: безголо́сний (bezholósnyj) — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Ukrainian: беззву́чний (bezzvúčnyj) — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Ukrainian: безголо́сий (bezholósyj) — lacking a voice, without vocal sound
• Arabic: مَهْمُوس (mahmūs) — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Armenian: խուլ (xul) — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Armenian: պարզ խուլ (parz xul) — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Armenian: շնչեղ խուլ (šnčʻeġ xul) — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Azerbaijani: kar — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Belarusian: глухі́ (hluxí) — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Belarusian: бязгу́чны (bjazhúčny) — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Bengali: অঘোষ (oghōś) — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Bulgarian: беззву́чен (bezzvúčen) — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Chinese Mandarin: 無聲 /无声 (wúshēng) — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Chinese Mandarin: 清 (qīng) — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Czech: neznělý — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Danish: ustemt — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Dutch: stemloos — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Finnish: soinniton — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• French: sourd — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Galician: xordo — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Georgian: ყრუ (q̇ru) — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• German: stimmlos — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Greek: άηχος (áichos) — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Hindi: अघोष (aghoṣ) — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Hungarian: zöngétlen — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Icelandic: óraddaður — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Irish: neamhghlórach — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Italian: sordo — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Japanese: 無声 (musei) — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Japanese: 清 (sei) — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Kalmyk: дүлә (dülä) — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Kazakh: үнсіз (ünsız) — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Korean: 무성 (museong) — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Macedonian: безгласен (bezglasen) — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Manx: neughooagh — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Manx: neughlaragh — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Manx: neuchoraait — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Mongolian: дуугүй (duugüj) — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠭᠤ ᠦᢉᠡᠢ — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Navajo: doo yolzóoz da — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Norwegian Bokmål: ustemt — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ustemd — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Polish: bezdźwięczny — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Portuguese: surdo — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Romanian: surd — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Russian: глухо́й (gluxój) — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Scots: voiceless — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Scottish Gaelic: neo-ghuthach — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Serbo-Croatian: bezvučni — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Lower Sorbian: njespiwny — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Spanish: sordo — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Swedish: tonlös — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Turkish: sessiz — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Ukrainian: глухи́й (hluxýj) — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Ukrainian: безголо́сний (bezholósnyj) — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Vietnamese: vô thanh — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords
• Welsh: di-lais — phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords