voiceless

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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.

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

Synonyms

• inaudible
• silent
• unvoiced

Antonyms

• audible
• vocal
• voiced

Translations

• French: aphone
• German: tonlos
• Portuguese: mudo
• Russian: безголо́сый
• Spanish: mudo

Translations

• French: sourd
• German: stimmlos
• Italian: sordo
• Portuguese: surdo
• Russian: глухо́й
• Spanish: sordo

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