voiceless

voiceless

English

Etymology

voice +‎ -less

Adjective

voiceless (not comparable)

1. Lacking a voice, without vocal sound.
   • 1994, Loreena McKennitt, The Mystic's Dream

     A voiceless song in an ageless light / Sings at the coming dawn / Birds in flight are calling there / Where the heart moves the stones / It's there that my heart is calling / All for the love of you.

   Synonyms: inaudible, silent, unvoiced

   Antonyms: audible, vocal, voiced

2. (figurative) Without a vote; having no input into a decision.
3. (phonetics, of a consonant or vowel) Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced, surd, breathed. Examples: [t], [s], [f], [m̥], [u̥].

   Synonym: unvoiced

   Antonym: voiced

Translations

lacking a voice, without vocal sound

Azerbaijani: kar (az) Belarusian: бязгу́чны (be) (bjazhúčny), безгало́сы (bjezhalósy) Bulgarian: беззву́чен (bg) (bezzvúčen), безгла́сен (bg) (bezglásen) Finnish: mykkä (fi), äänetön (fi) French: aphone (fr) Georgian: უხმო (uxmo), მუნჯი (munǯi) German: tonlos Greek: Ancient: ἄφωνος (áphōnos) Hungarian: hangtalan (hu), néma (hu) Icelandic: raddlaus Japanese: 無言の (ja) (mugon no), 暗黙の (ja) (anmoku no) Kalmyk: дун уга (dun uga) Lithuanian: bebalsis Manx: balloo, gyn coraa Polish: niemy (pl), bezgłośny (pl), bezdźwięczny (pl) Portuguese: mudo (pt) Romanian: mut (ro), fără voce Russian: безголо́сый (ru) (bezgolósyj), безгла́сный (ru) (bezglásnyj), немо́й (ru) (nemój), беззву́чный (ru) (bezzvúčnyj) Scots: voiceless Spanish: mudo (es) Swedish: tonlös (sv) Ukrainian: безголо́сний (uk) (bezholósnyj), беззву́чний (uk) (bezzvúčnyj)

phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords

Arabic: مهموس‎ Armenian: խուլ (hy) (xul), պարզ խուլ (parz xul) (unaspirated), շնչեղ խուլ (šnčʿeł xul) (aspirated) Azerbaijani: kar (az) Belarusian: глухі́ (be) (hluxí), бязгу́чны (be) (bjazhúčny) Bengali: অঘোষ (bn) (ôghoṣ) Bulgarian: беззву́чен (bg) (bezzvúčen) Chinese: Mandarin: 無聲／无声 (zh) (wúshēng) Czech: neznělý Danish: ustemt Dutch: stemloos (nl) Finnish: soinniton (fi) French: sourd (fr) Galician: xordo Georgian: ყრუ (ka) (q̇ru) German: stimmlos (de) Greek: άηχος (el) (áichos) Hindi: अघोष (hi) (aghoṣ) Hungarian: zöngétlen (hu) Icelandic: óraddaður Irish: neamhghlórach Italian: sordo (it) Japanese: 無声 (musei) Kalmyk: дүлә (dülä) Korean: 무성 (ko) (museong) Macedonian: безгласен (bezglasen) Manx: neughooagh, neughlaragh, neuchoraait Navajo: doo yolzóoz da Norwegian: Bokmål: ustemt Nynorsk: ustemd Polish: bezdźwięczny (pl) m Portuguese: surdo (pt) m Romanian: surd (ro) Russian: глухо́й (ru) (gluxój) Scots: voiceless Scottish Gaelic: neo-ghuthach Spanish: sordo (es) Swedish: tonlös (sv) Turkish: sessiz (tr) Ukrainian: глухи́й (hluxýj), безголо́сний (uk) (bezholósnyj) Vietnamese: vô thanh

See also

• speechless