unvoiced

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ voiced.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌʌnˈvɔɪst/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪst

Adjective

unvoiced (not comparable)

1. Not spoken or expressed.

   I could guess her unvoiced opinon.

2. (linguistics) Spoken without vibration of the vocal chords.

   Synonym: voiceless

   • 2023 October 31, “Language barrier: why even Harry has stopped speaking the king’s English”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 13 March 2024:

     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.

3. (signal processing, of a signal) That does not contain voice.
   • 1999, ISIE ...‎^[2], volumes 1-3, IEEE Service Center:

     The unvoiced signal is smaller energy than voiced signal and, so, this section is applied the smaller threshold.

4. (Internet) Of an IRC user: not granted voice privileges.

Translations

not spoken or expressed

• Finnish: äänetön (fi), sanaton (fi), mykkä (fi)
• Icelandic: ósagður, ótjáður

linguistics: voiceless — see voiceless

See also

• surd