Standard Lemma guide

voicing

noun · verb · 8 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

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  • /ˈvɔɪsɪŋ/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɔɪsɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: V OY1 S IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The final regulation of the pitch and tone of any sound-producing entity, especially of an organ or similar musical instrument.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A particular arrangement of notes to form a chord.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The articulatory process in which the vocal cords vibrate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A classification of speech sounds that tend to be associated with vocal cord vibration.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A phonological process that turns a voiceless sound into a voiced one.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sonorization

Antonyms: devoicing, surdization

6

noun

Meaning 6

A sound made by the voice; vocalization.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

present participle and gerund of voice

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

the act of adjusting an organ pipe (or wind instrument) so that it conforms to the standards of tone and pitch and color

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: adjustment, registration, readjustment

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 English -ing English voicing From voice + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: virittäminen — music: final regulation of the pitch and tone
  • Polish: udźwięcznienie — music: final regulation of the pitch and tone
  • Finnish: soinnutus — music: particular arrangement of notes to form a chord
  • Japanese: ボイシング (boishingu) — music: particular arrangement of notes to form a chord
  • Polish: udźwięcznienie — music: particular arrangement of notes to form a chord
  • Albanian: zëshmim — phonetics: articulatory process
  • Finnish: soinnuttaminen — phonetics: articulatory process
  • French: voisement — phonetics: articulatory process
  • Hungarian: zöngésülés — phonetics: articulatory process
  • Hungarian: zöngésedés — phonetics: articulatory process
  • Hungarian: zöngésítés — phonetics: articulatory process
  • Italian: sonorizzazione — phonetics: articulatory process
  • Polish: udźwięcznienie — phonetics: articulatory process
  • Russian: озвонче́ние (ozvončénije) — phonetics: articulatory process
  • Chinese Mandarin: 清濁 /清浊 (qīngzhuó) — phonetics: classification of speech sounds
  • Finnish: sointi — phonetics: classification of speech sounds
  • Hungarian: zöngésség — phonetics: classification of speech sounds
  • Hungarian: zönge — phonetics: classification of speech sounds
  • Italian: sonorizzazione — phonetics: classification of speech sounds
  • Japanese: 清濁 (seidaku) — phonetics: classification of speech sounds
  • Polish: dźwięczność — phonetics: classification of speech sounds
  • Russian: зво́нкость (zvónkostʹ) — phonetics: classification of speech sounds
  • Albanian: zëshmim — phonological process that turns a voiceless sound into a voiced one
  • Finnish: soinnillistuminen — phonological process that turns a voiceless sound into a voiced one
  • French: voisement — phonological process that turns a voiceless sound into a voiced one
  • French: sonorisation — phonological process that turns a voiceless sound into a voiced one
  • Galician: sonorización — phonological process that turns a voiceless sound into a voiced one
  • Italian: sonorizzazione — phonological process that turns a voiceless sound into a voiced one
  • Polish: udźwięcznienie — phonological process that turns a voiceless sound into a voiced one
  • Sicilian: sunurizzazziuni — phonological process that turns a voiceless sound into a voiced one
  • Spanish: sonorización — phonological process that turns a voiceless sound into a voiced one