voicing

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔɪsɪŋ

Verb

voicing

1. Present participle of voice.

Noun

voicing (plural voicings)

1. (music) the final regulation of the pitch and tone of any sound-producing entity, especially a musical instrument
2. (music) a particular arrangement of notes to form a chord.
3. (phonetics) the articulatory process in which the vocal cords vibrate
4. (phonetics, phonology) a classification of speech sounds that tend to be associated with vocal cord vibration

Related terms

• voiced
• voiceless

See also

• accordatura