voicings

Noun

voicing (countable and uncountable, plural voicings)

1. The final regulation of the pitch and tone of any sound-producing entity, especially of an organ or similar musical instrument.
2. A particular arrangement of notes to form a chord.
3. The articulatory process in which the vocal cords vibrate.
4. A classification of speech sounds that tend to be associated with vocal cord vibration.
5. A phonological process that turns a voiceless sound into a voiced one.

   Synonyms:

   sonorization

   Antonyms:

   devoicing, surdization

6. A sound made by the voice; vocalization.
   • Shrill voicings of seagulls1900, Valentine Brown, “The Fisherman's Last Drift”, in Poems