voix
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French voix, from Old French voiz, from Latin vōcem, accusative of vōx (“voice”), from Proto-Italic *wōks, from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /vwa/
Audio (Paris): (file) Audio (Switzerland (Valais)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) Audio (France (Somain)): (file) - Homophones: voie, voient, voies, vois, voit (general), voua, vouas, vouât (one pronunciation)
- Rhymes: -a
Noun
[edit]voix f (invariable)
- voice
- à voix basse ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- à voix haute ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- de vive voix ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- entendre des voix ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- avoir voix au chapitre ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- rester sans voix ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- écouter la voix de la raison ― to listen to the voice of reason
- 1882, Octave Mirbeau, Contes cruels : La Chanson de Carmen:
- Et sa voix alors prenait une intonation dolente et uniforme, enflant les mots, appuyant indéfiniment sur les syllabes. Cela m’agaçait beaucoup.
- And her voice then took on a mournful and uniform intonation, filling up the words, indefinitely pressing on the syllables. It irritated me greatly.
- (music) voice
- (grammar) voice
- (politics, in the plural) vote
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Antillean Creole: vwa
- Guianese Creole: vwa
- Haitian Creole: vwa
- ⇒ Mauritian Creole: lavwa
- Réunion Creole French: voi, vwa
Further reading
[edit]- “voix”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]voix
- alternative form of voys
Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French voiz, from Latin vox, vocem.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]voix f (plural voix)
Descendants
[edit]- French: voix
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