Phonetics. (a) Used to express the acoustic quality of the high-front vowels; (b) a designation for unvoiced consonants. Obsolete in technical use.
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| 释义 | the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > voiced or voiceless sound gen > [adjective] > voiceless (7) sharp?1533 Phonetics. (a) Used to express the acoustic quality of the high-front vowels; (b) a designation for unvoiced consonants. Obsolete in technical use. surd1767 Phonetics. Uttered without vibration of the vocal cords; voiceless, ‘breathed’: opposed to sonant, adj. n. (Cf. French sourd.) breathed1835 Phonetics. Produced without vibration of the vocal cords; voiceless; surd. Opposed to voiced, sonant. voiceless1842 Phonetics. Produced or uttered without vibration of the vocal cords. Opposed to voiced. Of a speech sound, esp. a consonant. unvoiced1886 Phonetics. Produced or uttered without vibration of the vocal cords. Opposed to voiced. = voiceless, adj. 5a. unvoiced1894 Phonetics. Produced or uttered without vibration of the vocal cords. Opposed to voiced. = voiceless, adj. 5b. Subcategories:— not whispered (1) |
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