Associations to the word «Voiceless»
Noun
- Consonant
- Phoneme
- Vowel
- Articulation
- Syllable
- Orthography
- Pronunciation
- Phonology
- Assimilation
- Aspiration
- Glide
- Alphabet
- Dialect
- Initial
- Stop
- Click
- Onset
- Cluster
- Counterpart
- Liquid
- Grimm
- Flap
- Distinction
- Pho
- Inventory
- Realization
- Mandarin
- Plural
- Reflex
- Contrast
- Pie
- Sound
- Sami
- Ng
- Utterance
- Tense
- Deletion
- Navajo
- Numeral
- Verb
- Prefix
- Woe
- Solitude
- Variant
- Sanskrit
- Javanese
- Nd
- Vibration
- Silent
- Hiss
- Welsh
- Spelling
- Tap
- Th
Adjective
Wiktionary
VOICELESS, adjective. Lacking a voice, without vocal sound.
VOICELESS, adjective. (phonetics) (of a consonant) Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced. Examples: [t], [s], [f].
Dictionary definition
VOICELESS, adjective. Produced without vibration of the vocal cords; "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'".
VOICELESS, adjective. Deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote; "labor was voiceless"; "disenfrenchised masses took to the streets".
VOICELESS, adjective. Uttered without voice; "could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me'"; "voiceless whispers".
VOICELESS, adjective. Being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech.
Wise words
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and content according to the circumstances and time in which
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