vocal cords

English

Alternative forms

• vocal chords (nonstandard)

Noun

Wikipedia vocal cords (plural only)

1. (chiefly in the plural) Two folds of tissue located in the larynx that vibrate when air passes over them, producing the sound waves associated with talking and singing.

Usage notes

• The singular vocal cord is rare

Translations

folds of tissue

• Arabic: اوتار صوتية (ar) (ʔawtaar ṣawtiya) f pl, أحبال صوتية (ar) (ʔaḥbaal ṣawtiya) f pl

  Egyptian Arabic: أحبال صوتية  (ʔaḥbaal ṣawṭeya) f pl

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聲帶 (cmn), 声带 (cmn) (shēngdài)

• Czech: hlasivky (cs) f pl
• Dutch: stembanden (nl) m pl
• Esperanto: voĉkordoj (eo) pl
• French: cordes vocales (fr) f pl
• German: Stimmbänder (de) n pl
• Greek: φωνητικές χορδές (el) (fonitikés chordés) f pl 

• Greenlandic: nipiliuut (kl)
• Ido: vocala kordi (io)
• Italian: corde vocali (it) f pl
• Japanese: 声帯 (ja) (せいたい, seitai)
• Latvian: balss saites (lv)
• Romanian: coarde vocale (ro) f pl
• Russian: голосовые связки (ru) (golosovýje svjázki) f pl 
• Spanish: cuerdas vocales (es) f

References

• Oxford University Press article