vocal cords

vocal cords

English

Alternative forms

• vocal chords (nonstandard)

Noun

vocal cords pl (plural only)

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

Usage notes

• The singular vocal cord is rare

Translations

folds of tissue

Arabic: اَوْتَار صَوْتِيَّة‎ f pl (awtār ṣawtiyya), أَحْبَال صَوْتِيَّة‎ f pl (ʾaḥbāl ṣawtiyya) Egyptian Arabic: احبال صوتية‎ f pl (aḥbāl ṣawṭeya) Chinese: Cantonese: 聲帶, 声带 (seng1 daai3) Mandarin: 聲帶／声带 (zh) (shēngdài) Min Nan: 聲帶 (zh-min-nan), 声带 (siaⁿ-tòa) Czech: hlasivky f pl Dutch: stembanden (nl) m pl Esperanto: voĉkordoj pl Finnish: äänihuulet pl French: cordes vocales (fr) f pl Galician: cordas vocais f pl German: Stimmbänder (de) n pl Greek: φωνητικές χορδές (el) f pl (fonitikés chordés) Greenlandic: nipiliuut Ido: vocala kordi Irish: téada an ghutha f pl Italian: corde vocali f pl Japanese: 声帯 (ja) (せいたい, seitai) Korean: 성대(聲帶) (ko) (seongdae) Latvian: balss saites Malay: pita suara Okinawan: 喉弦 (ぬーでぃーじる, nūdījiru) Polish: struny głosowe f pl Portuguese: cordas vocais f pl Romanian: coarde vocale f pl Russian: голосовы́е свя́зки f pl (golosovýje svjázki) Spanish: cuerdas vocales f Swedish: stämband (sv) n Tagalog: tinigang-bagting, babagtingang tinig

References

• Oxford University Press article