noun
Meaning 1
The condition of being voiceless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
voicelessness
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Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
having no voice in the management or control of affairs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the voicelessness of those who live in situations of hopelessness
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: powerlessness, impotence, impotency
noun
Meaning 3
speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: whisper, whispering, susurration
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: speaking, speech production
Narrower terms: stage whisper
noun
Meaning 4
a disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aphonia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: speech disorder, speech defect, defect of speech
History
Etymology
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 Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English voicelessness From voiceless + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Pannonian Rusyn: нєдзвонкосц (njedzvonkosc) — Translations
- Polish: bezdźwięczność — Translations
- Spanish: modo fonatorio — Translations