voice

noun

1》 the sound produced in a person's larynx and uttered through the mouth, as speech or song.

    ↘the ability to speak or singular

    ↘vocal condition for singing or speaking: the soprano is in good voice.

2》 an opinion or attitude, or a means or agency by which it is expressed: a dissenting voice.

3》 Music the range of pitch or type of tone with which a person sings, such as soprano or tenor.

    ↘a vocal part in a composition.

    ↘a constituent part in a fugue.

    ↘each of the notes or sounds able to be produced simultaneously by a musical instrument, especially an electronic one.

4》 Phonetics sound uttered with resonance of the vocal cords (used in the pronunciation of vowels and certain consonants).

5》 Grammar a form or set of forms of a verb showing the relation of the subject to the action: the passive voice.

verb

1》 express in words.

2》 [usu. as adjective voiced] Phonetics utter (a speech sound) with resonance of the vocal cords.

3》 Music regulate the tone quality of (organ pipes).

Derivatives

-voiced adjective

voiceful adjective (literary).

voicer noun

Origin

ME: from OFr. vois, from L. vox, voc-.