voice

CEFRA1

/vɔɪs/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The sounds made when a person speaks or sings.

  2. 02

    noun

    An opinion or way of expressing an idea.

Examples

  • Her voice was shaking despite all her efforts to control it.

  • His stern tone and loud voice belied his inner sensitivity and caring nature.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /vɔjs/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.

  2. The tone or sound emitted by an object.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To express an opinion or feeling.

More examples

In context

  • His low voice allowed him to become a bass in the choir.

  • Stop repeating in that stupid voice what I say.

  • The human voice is the oldest musical instrument in history.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English voice, voys, vois, borrowed from Anglo-Norman voiz, voys, voice, Old French vois, voiz (Modern French voix), from Latin vōcem, accusative form of vōx (“voice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs, root noun from *wekʷ- (“to utter, speak”). Cognate with Sanskrit वाच् (vāc), Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps), Persian آواز (âvâz). Displaced native Middle English steven (“voice”) (from Old English stefn (see steven)), Old English hlēoþor, Old English woþ, and Old English reord. Compare advocate, advowson, avouch, convoke, vocal, vouch, vowel. Doublet of vox.