Dictionary

unvoiced en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌʌnˈvɔɪst/ (US)
• (US) audio
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English voiced English unvoiced From un- + voiced.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Not spoken or expressed.
   • I could guess her unvoiced opinon.
2. (not-comparable) 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:
3. (not-comparable, of a signal) 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:
4. (Internet, not-comparable) Of an IRC user: not granted voice privileges.

Relateds

surd

Synonyms

voiceless

Translations (5)

fi mykkä (not spoken or expressed) · fi sanaton (not spoken or expressed) · fi äänetön (not spoken or expressed) · is ósagður (not spoken or expressed) · is ótjáður (not spoken or expressed)