Definition of voiceless Voiceless
/vɔjˈslʌs/ - [voyslus] - voice•less
We found 9 definitions of voiceless from 4 different sources.
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What does voiceless mean?
WordNet
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| voiceless - being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech | ||
| aphonic | ||
| inarticulate, unarticulate without or deprived of the use of speech or words; "inarticulate beasts"; "remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal"; "inarticulate with rage"; "an inarticulate cry" | ||
| voiceless - produced without vibration of the vocal cords; "unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'" | ||
| unvoiced, surd, hard | ||
| sonant, voiced, soft produced with vibration of the vocal cords; "a frequently voiced opinion"; "voiced consonants such as `b' and `g' and `z'"; | ||
| voiceless - deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote; "labor was voiceless"; "disenfrenchised masses took to the streets" | ||
| disenfranchised, disfranchised, voteless | ||
| voiceless - uttered without voice; "could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me'"; "voiceless whispers" | ||
| breathed | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- voiceless (a.)
Having no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb. - voiceless (a.)
Not sounded with voice; as, a voiceless consonant; surd.
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voiceless
Produced without vibrations of the vocal cords which is denoted by either of the diacritic symbols ̥ or ̊ of the International Phonetic Alphabet.
