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voice

Pronunciation: /vɔɪs/

The English word “voice” has 19 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character.
  2. Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
  3. The tone or sound emitted by an object.
  4. The faculty or power of utterance.
  5. That which is communicated; message; meaning.
  6. An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered.
  7. Command; precept.
  8. One who speaks; a speaker.
  9. A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.
  10. A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, which indicates the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
  11. In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
  12. A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether they can send messages to the channel.

verb

  1. To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce
  2. To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath.
  3. To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of
  4. To vote; to elect; to appoint
  5. To clamor; to cry out
  6. To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.
  7. To act as a voice actor to portray a character.

Etymology

From Middle English voice, voys, vois, borrowed from Anglo-Norman voiz, voys, voice, Old French vois, voiz (Modern French voix), from Latin vōcem, accusative form of vōx (“voice”). Cognate with Sanskrit वाच् (vāc), Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps), Persian آواز (âvâz). Displaced native Middle English steven (“voice”) (from Old English stefn (see steven)), Old English hlēoþor, Old English woþ, and Old…

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