unvoiced
/ˌʌnˈvɔɪst/
unvoiced adjective: not spoken or expressed.
Adjective
unvoiced (not comparable)
- Not spoken or expressed.
- I could guess her unvoiced opinon.
- Spoken without vibration of the vocal chords.
- Both EE and SSBE feature glottal stops – unvoiced Ts – but in EE it can happen in the middle of words – eg “wa’er for “water” – whereas in SSBE it happens only at the end of words.2023 October 31, “Language barrier: why even Harry has stopped speaking the king’s English”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2024
- Synonyms:
- voiceless
- That does not contain voice.
- The unvoiced signal is smaller energy than voiced signal and, so, this section is applied the smaller threshold.1999, ISIE ..., volumes 1-3, IEEE Service Center
- Of an IRC user: not granted voice privileges.
unvoiced meaning in Kannada
unvoiced in Kannada
- ಅವ್ಯಕ್ತ, ಬಾಯಿಬಿಟ್ಟು ಹೇಳದ, ಹೇಳಲಾಗದ, ಅಘೋಷವಾದ, ಧ್ವನಿತಂತುಗಳನ್ನು ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸದ
Synonyms of unvoiced
Origin of unvoiced
From un- + voiced.
Words that rhyme with unvoiced
Questions about unvoiced
- What does unvoiced mean?
- Unvoiced means not spoken or expressed.
- What is unvoiced in Kannada?
- Unvoiced in Kannada is ಅವ್ಯಕ್ತ, ಬಾಯಿಬಿಟ್ಟು ಹೇಳದ, ಹೇಳಲಾಗದ. See Unvoiced meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is unvoiced?
- Unvoiced is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce unvoiced?
- Unvoiced is pronounced /ˌʌnˈvɔɪst/ (US).
Words near unvoiced in the dictionary
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