voiceless

English

Etymology

voice +‎ -less

Adjective

voiceless (not comparable)

1. Lacking a voice, without vocal sound.
   • 1994, Loreena McKennitt, The Mystic's Dream

     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.

2. (figuratively) Without a vote; having no input into a decision.
3. (phonetics, of a consonant or vowel) Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced, surd, breathed. Examples: [t], [s], [f], [m̥], [u̥].

Synonyms

• inaudible
• silent
• unvoiced

Antonyms

• audible
• vocal
• voiced

Translations

lacking a voice, without vocal sound

• Azerbaijani: kar (az)
• Belarusian: бязгу́чны (bjazhúčny), безгало́сы (bjezhalósy)
• Bulgarian: беззву́чен (bg) (bezzvúčen), безгла́сен (bg) (bezglásen)
• Finnish: mykkä (fi), äänetön (fi)
• French: aphone (fr)
• Georgian: უხმო (uxmo), მუნჯი (munǯi)
• German: tonlos
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἄφωνος (áphōnos)

• Hungarian: hangtalan (hu), néma (hu)
• Icelandic: raddlaus
• Japanese: 無言の (ja) (mugon no), 暗黙の (ja) (anmoku no)

• Kalmyk: дун уга (dun uga)
• Lithuanian: bebalsis
• Manx: balloo, gyn coraa
• Polish: niemy (pl), bezgłośny (pl)
• Portuguese: mudo (pt)
• Romanian: mut (ro), fără voce
• Russian: безголо́сый (ru) (bezgolósyj), безгла́сный (ru) (bezglásnyj), немо́й (ru) (nemój), беззву́чный (ru) (bezzvúčnyj)
• Scots: voiceless
• Spanish: mudo (es) m
• Swedish: tonlös (sv)
• Ukrainian: безголо́сний (uk) (bezholósnyj), беззву́чний (uk) (bezzvúčnyj)

(phonetics, of a consonant) spoken without vibration of the vocal cords

• Arabic: مهموس‎
• Armenian: խուլ (hy) (xul), պարզ խուլ (parz xul) (unaspirated), շնչեղ խուլ (šnčʿeł xul) (aspirated)
• Azerbaijani: kar (az)
• Belarusian: глухі́ (be) (hluxí), бязгу́чны (bjazhúčny)
• Bengali: অঘোষ (bn) (ôghoś)
• Bulgarian: беззву́чен (bg) (bezzvúčen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無聲 (zh), 无声 (zh) (wúshēng)

• Czech: neznělý
• Danish: ustemt
• Dutch: stemloos (nl)
• Finnish: soinniton (fi)
• French: sourd (fr)
• Galician: xordo
• Georgian: ყრუ (ka) (q̇ru)
• German: stimmlos (de)
• Greek: άηχος (el) (áichos)
• Hindi: अघोष (hi) (aghoṣ)

• Hungarian: zöngétlen (hu)
• Icelandic: óraddaður
• Irish: neamhghlórach
• Italian: sordo (it)
• Japanese: 無声 (musei)
• Kalmyk: дүлә (dülä)
• Korean: 무성 (ko) (museong)
• Macedonian: безгласен (bezglasen)
• Manx: neughooagh, neughlaragh, neuchoraait
• Navajo: doo yolzóoz da
• Polish: bezdźwięczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: surdo (pt) m
• Romanian: surd (ro)
• Russian: глухо́й (ru) (gluxój)
• Scots: voiceless
• Scottish Gaelic: neo-ghuthach
• Spanish: sordo (es)
• Swedish: tonlös (sv)
• Turkish: sessiz (tr)
• Ukrainian: глухи́й (hluxýj), безголо́сний (uk) (bezholósnyj)
• Vietnamese: vô thanh

See also

• speechless