Question 1 · Quick check
voiceless
CEFRB2
/ˈvɔɪsləs/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Unable to speak or not given a chance to express an opinion.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailSpoken without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced, surd, breathed. Examples: [t], [s], [f], [m̥], [u̥].
Examples
It seems appropriate to apply these rules to the voiceless consonants.
Voiceless screaming was interestingly represented through music notation by Alfred Schnittke: "silence fortissimo".
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 4
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 4
- Synonyms
- 3
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsWithout a vote; having no input into a decision.
Lacking a voice, without vocal sound.
More examples
In contextHow people, with any pretence to decency or cleanliness, can, for a day, sit voiceless and patient and see these brutes destroy and befilth everything, public and private, is difficult to believe.
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.
I've come to see she is a voiceless person in her world, and so I try to remember to stop and give her my full-faced attention when I see her.
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Quick test
Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.
Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.
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Origin
adjective
From voice + -less.