voicing
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voicing¹
- /ˈvɔɪsɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ɔɪsɪŋ
verb
- present participle and gerund of voice
voicing²
- /ˈvɔɪsɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ɔɪsɪŋ
noun voicings
- The final regulation of the pitch and tone of any sound-producing entity, especially of an organ or similar musical instrument.
- A particular arrangement of notes to form a chord.
- The articulatory process in which the vocal cords vibrate.
- A classification of speech sounds that tend to be associated with vocal cord vibration.
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A phonological process that turns a voiceless sound into a voiced one.
Similar: sonorization · Opposite: devoicing, surdization
- A sound made by the voice; vocalization. Shrill voicings of seagulls
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: vocalization, interpreter, vocalize, representative, part, spokesperson, sound, articulation, intervocalic, prevocalic, showing, expression, express, expressing, manifesting, accentuation
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noun music: particular arrangement of notes to form a chord
| 日本語 | ボイシング boishingu |
|---|
noun phonetics: articulatory process
| Français | voisement |
|---|---|
| Italiano | sonorizzazione |
| Русский | озвонче́ние ozvončénije |
noun phonetics: classification of speech sounds
| 日本語 | 清濁 seidaku |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 清濁 /清浊 qīngzhuó |
| Italiano | sonorizzazione |
| Русский | зво́нкость zvónkostʹ |
noun phonological process that turns a voiceless sound into a voiced one
| Español | sonorización |
|---|---|
| Français | voisement, sonorisation |
| Italiano | sonorizzazione |
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