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voiced
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voiced  (voist)
adj.
1. Having a voice or a specified kind of voice. Often used in combination: harsh-voiced.
2. Linguistics Uttered with vibration of the vocal cords, as the sounds (b) and (d).

voicedness (voistns, voisd-) n.

voiced [vɔɪst]
adj
1. declared or expressed by the voice
2. (in combination) having a voice as specified loud-voiced
3. (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) Phonetics articulated with accompanying vibration of the vocal cords in English (b) is a voiced consonant Compare voiceless
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.voiced - produced with vibration of the vocal cords; "a frequently voiced opinion"; "voiced consonants such as `b' and `g' and `z'";
surd, unvoiced, voiceless, hard - produced without vibration of the vocal cords; "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'"
Translations
voiced [vɔɪst] ADJ (Phon) [consonant] → sonoro
voiced
adj (Phon) → stimmhaft


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However, the voicedness of the voiced plosive geminates is supported by the fact that syllable nuclei preceding a voiced plosive geminate can carry the broken tone, which in turn means that the sequence of short vowel + voiced plosive is treated as a long syllable nucleus.
 
 
 
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