voice (vois)n.1. a. The sound produced by the vocal organs of a vertebrate, especially a human. b. The ability to produce such sounds. 2. A specified quality, condition, or pitch of vocal sound: a hoarse voice; the child's piping voice. 3. Linguistics Expiration of air through vibrating vocal cords, used in the production of vowels and voiced consonants. 4. A sound resembling or reminiscent of vocal utterance: the murmuring voice of the forest. 5. Music a. Musical sound produced by vibration of the human vocal cords and resonated within the throat and head cavities. b. The quality or condition of a person's singing: a baritone in excellent voice. c. A singer: a choir of excellent voices. d. One of the individual vocal or instrumental parts or strands in a composition: a fugue for four voices; string voices carrying the melody. Also called voice part. 6. a. Expression; utterance: gave voice to their feelings at the meeting. b. A medium or agency of expression: a newsletter that serves as a neighborhood voice. c. The right or opportunity to express a choice or opinion: a territory that has a voice, but not a vote, in Congress. 7. Grammar A property of verbs or a set of verb inflections indicating the relation between the subject and the action expressed by the verb: "Birds build nests" uses the active voice; "nests built by birds" uses the passive voice. Also called diathesis. 8. The distinctive style or manner of expression of an author or of a character in a book. tr.v. voiced, voic·ing, voic·es 1. To give voice to; utter: voice a grievance. See Synonyms at vent1. 2. Linguistics To pronounce with vibration of the vocal cords. 3. Music a. To provide (a composition) with voice parts. b. To regulate the tone of (the pipes of an organ, for example). 4. To provide the voice for (a cartoon character or show, for example): The animated series was voiced by famous actors. Idioms: at the top of (one's) voice As loudly as one's voice will allow. with one voice In complete agreement; unanimously.
[Middle English, from Old French vois, from Latin v x, vc-; see wekw- in Indo-European roots.] |
voice Noun 1. the sound made by the vibration of the vocal cords, esp. when modified by the tongue and mouth 2. a distinctive tone of the speech sounds characteristic of a particular person: he can recognize her voice 3. the ability to speak or sing: he had at last found his voice 4. the condition or quality of a person's voice: her voice was kind 5. the musical sound of a singing voice: what I have is a good voice and a great love of lyrics 6. the expression of feeling or opinion: there was a chorus of dissenting voices 7. a right to express an opinion: the party should now move towards a system which will give every member an equal voice 8. Grammar a category of the verb that expresses whether it is active or passive 9. Phonetics the sound characterizing the articulation of several speech sounds, that is produced when the vocal cords are vibrated by the breath 10. with one voice unanimously Verb [voicing, voiced] 1. to express verbally: anyone with an objection has a chance to voice it 2. to articulate (a speech sound) with voice [Latin vox]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  voice - the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech; "A shrill voice sounded behind us"sound - the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause; "the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of music" | | 2. | voice - the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations"communication - something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups voice over - the voice on an unseen commentator in a film of television program | | 3. | voice - a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance; "the noisy voice of the waterfall"; "the incessant voices of the artillery"sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them" | | 4. | voice - expressing in coherent verbal form; "the articulation of my feelings"; "I gave voice to my feelings"verbal expression, verbalism, expression - the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions; "expressions of good will"; "he helped me find verbal expression for my ideas"; "the idea was immediate but the verbalism took hours" | | 5. | voice - a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated; "the voice of the law"; "the Times is not the voice of New York"; "conservatism has many voices"means, way, agency - how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success" | | 6. | voice - something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression; "the wee small voice of conscience"; "the voice of experience"; "he said his voices told him to do it"communication - something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups | | 7. |  voice - (metonymy) a singer; "he wanted to hear trained voices sing it"metonymy - substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads') | | 8. | voice - an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"ambassador - an informal representative; "an ambassador of good will" | | 9. | voice - the ability to speak; "he lost his voice"physical ability - the ability to perform some physical act; contrasting with mental ability | | 10. | voice - (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotesactive voice, active - the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb; "`The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice" passive, passive voice - the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb; "`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice"; "`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive" | | 11. | voice - the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part"primo - the principal part of a duet (especially a piano duet) secondo - the second or lower part of a duet (especially a piano duet) | | Verb | 1. | voice - give voice to; "He voiced his concern" | | 2. |  voice - utter with vibrating vocal chordschirk - make a shrill creaking, squeaking, or noise, as of a door, mouse, or bird quaver, waver - give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency devoice - utter with tense vocal chords |
voice verb 6. express, say, declare, air, raise, table, reveal, mention, mouth, assert, pronounce, utter, articulate, come out with ( informal) divulge, ventilate, enunciate, put into words, vocalize, give expression or utterance to >> adjective vocal  Translations voice [vɔɪs] n → voz f
 voice [vɔɪs] n → voix f (= opinion); avis m
 voice [vɔɪs] n ( also fig) → Stimme f
 voice [vɔɪs] n → voce fin a loud/soft voice → a voce alta/bassa;
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