From voice + -less .
IPA (key ) : /ˈvɔɪsləs/
Hyphenation: voice‧less
voiceless (not comparable )
Lacking a voice , without vocal sound.
Synonyms: inaudible , silent , unvoiced
Antonyms: audible , vocal , voiced
1994 , Loreena McKennitt , The Mystic's Dream :A voiceless song in an ageless light / Sings at the coming dawn / Birds in flight are calling there / Where the heart moves the stones / It's there that my heart is calling / All for the love of you.
( figurative ) Without a vote ; having no input into a decision .
( phonetics , of a consonant or vowel) Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords ; unvoiced , surd , breathed . Examples: [t], [s], [f], [m̥], [u̥].
Synonym: unvoiced
Antonym: voiced
lacking a voice, without vocal sound
Azerbaijani: kar (az)
Belarusian: бязгу́чны (be) ( bjazhúčny ) , безгало́сы ( bjezhalósy )
Bulgarian: беззву́чен (bg) ( bezzvúčen ) , безгла́сен (bg) ( bezglásen )
Esperanto: senvoĉa
Finnish: mykkä (fi) , äänetön (fi)
French: aphone (fr)
Georgian: უხმო ( uxmo ) , მუნჯი ( munǯi )
German: tonlos
Greek:
Ancient: ἄφωνος ( áphōnos )
Hungarian: hangtalan (hu) , néma (hu)
Icelandic: raddlaus
Japanese: 無言の (ja) ( mugon no ) , 暗黙の (ja) ( anmoku no )
Kalmyk: дун уга ( dun uga )
Lithuanian: bebalsis
Manx: balloo , gyn coraa
Polish: niemy (pl) , bezgłośny (pl) , bezdźwięczny (pl)
Portuguese: mudo (pt)
Romanian: mut (ro) , fără voce
Russian: безголо́сый (ru) ( bezgolósyj ) , безгла́сный (ru) ( bezglásnyj ) , немо́й (ru) ( nemój ) , беззву́чный (ru) ( bezzvúčnyj )
Scots: voiceless
Spanish: mudo (es)
Swedish: tonlös (sv)
Ukrainian: безголо́сний (uk) ( bezholósnyj ) , беззву́чний (uk) ( bezzvúčnyj ) , безголо́сий (uk) ( bezholósyj )
phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords