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voiceless

  • /ˈvɔɪsləs/

adjective

  1. not comparable Lacking a voice, without vocal sound. How people, with any pretence to decency or cleanliness, can, for a day, sit voiceless and patient and see these brutes destroy and befilth everything, public and private, is difficult to believe.

    Similar: inaudible, silent, unvoiced · Opposite: audible, vocal, voiced

  2. figuratively, not comparable Without a vote; having no input into a decision. I've come to see she is a voiceless person in her world, and so I try to remember to stop and give her my full-faced attention when I see her.
  3. not comparable, of a consonant or vowel Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced, surd, breathed. Examples: [t], [s], [f], [m̥], [u̥].

    Similar: unvoiced · Opposite: voiced

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adj lacking a voice, without vocal sound

Españolmudo
日本語無言の mugon no, 暗黙の anmoku no
Portuguêsmudo
Françaisaphone
Deutschtonlos
Românămut, fără voce
Русскийбезголо́сый bezgolósyj, безгла́сный bezglásnyj, немо́й nemój, беззву́чный bezzvúčnyj

adj phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords

Españolsordo
한국어무성 museong
日本語無声 musei, 清 sei
中文無聲 /无声 wúshēng, 清 qīng
हिन्दीअघोष aghoṣ
Portuguêssurdo
Françaissourd
Deutschstimmlos
Italianosordo
Ελληνικάάηχος áichos
Românăsurd
Русскийглухо́й gluxój
Tiếng Việtvô thanh
العربيةمَهْمُوس mahmūs

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@misc{voiceless_2026,
  title = {voiceless},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/voiceless},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}