Etimology
From Middle English voice, voys, vois, borrowed from Anglo-Norman voiz, voys, voice, Old French vois, voiz (Modern French voix), from Latin vōcem, accusative form of vōx (“voice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs, root noun from *wekʷ- (“to utter, speak”). Cognate with Sanskrit वाच् (vāc), Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps), Persian آواز (âvâz). Displaced native Middle English steven (“voice”) (from Old English stefn (see steven)), Old English hlēoþor, and Old English woþ. Broadly overtook Old English reord. Compare advocate, advowson, avouch, convoke, epic, vocal, vouch, vowel. Doublet of vox.
noun
voice (plural voices)
Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character
(phonetics) Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
The tone or sound emitted by an object
The faculty or power of utterance
That which is communicated; message; meaning.
An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered
(archaic) Command; precept.
One who speaks; a speaker.
(literature) A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.
(grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
(music) In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
(Internet, IRC) A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether or not they can send messages to the channel.
Examples
The human voice is the oldest musical instrument in history.
She has a pleasant voice.
His low voice allowed him to become a bass in the choir.
Her voice was euer ſoft,Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman.
And joyn thy voice unto the Angel Quire,
Villa chief executive Paul Faulkner had backed manager Houllier during the week and asked for the fans to get behind their team as they looked to steer themselves away from the relegation zone. To that end, the home supporters were in good voice to begin with, but it was Newcastle who started the game in the ascendancy, with Barton putting a diving header over the top from Jose Enrique's cross.
And after the earthquake, a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire, a still small voice.
Canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
The floods have lifted up their voice.
O Marcus, I am warm’d; my heart Leaps at the trumpet’s voice.
to cultivate the voice
I desire to bee present with you now, and to change my voyce, for I stand in doubt of you.
My voice is in my sword.
Let us call on God in the voice of his church.
Sicinius. How now, my masters! have you chose this man? / 1st Citizen. He has our voices, sir.
Some laws ordain, and some attend the choice / Of holy senates, and elect by voice.
Like many of the 7 million other first time voters, she came of age during half a decade of military rule that has governed the country since former general turned Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha seized power in a 2014 coup. "We have had our voice taken away for five years," she says.
As the nations which the Lord destroyeth before your face, so shall yee perish; because ye would not be obedient vnto the voice of the Lord your God.
a potent voice of Parliament.
The inclusion of transgender voices further disrupts the homonormalization of sex and identity evident in popular LGBTQ cinema.
The verbal system of Latin has two voices, active and passive.
There are four tenses of the subjunctive and three voices . [...] See 12.8 for the formation of the deponent voice.
The theme of this piece constantly migrates between the three voice parts.
True, better clients will remember that a person had a voice before they were opped and will return the + when they are deopped, but that doesn't solve the problem.
Related words
synonyms
(sound of human speech): steven (obsolete), reard (obsolete or dialectal)
(opinion): steven (obsolete), vote, say-so
(voice of verbs): diathesis, gender (of verbs), grammatical voice, verbal voice
Etimology
From Middle English voysen, voicen, from the noun (see above).
verb
voice (third-person singular simple present voices, present participle voicing, simple past and past participle voiced)
(transitive) To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce
(transitive, phonology) To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath.
(transitive) To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of
(transitive, obsolete) To vote; to elect; to appoint
(intransitive, obsolete) To clamor; to cry out
(transitive, Internet, IRC) To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.
(television, film) To act as a voice actor to portray a character.
Examples
He voiced the sentiments of the nation.
How often he would voice his love of England, his admiration of her Parliament, his pride in her history.
Rather assume thy right in silence and […] then voice it with claims and challenges.
It was voiced that the king purposed to put to death Edward Plantagenet.
voice the pipes of an organ
If thou wilt give me Davids heart; Ile voyce, / Great God, with David; and make Davids choyce.
It is not the gift of every Perſon, nor of every Age, to harangue the multitude, to Voice it high and loud, & Dominari in Concionibus.
How wou'd they voice it o're and o're for Tachmas / To come, and blunt the edge of War agen!
[L]ambs are glad / Nosing the mother's udder, and the bird / Makes his heart voice among the blaze of flowers: […]
I would like this script to allow me to notice not only the ops in a channel, but also those that have been voiced by the ops, at the same time.
If you then want others to be able to talk, you can voice them or if you want everyone able to talk, you can remove the moderation flag on the channel .
The openly ridiculous plot has The Pirate Captain scheming to win the Pirate Of The Year competition, even though he’s a terrible pirate, far outclassed by rivals voiced by Jeremy Piven and Salma Hayek.
Related words
related terms
vocable
vocabulary
vocal
vocalization
vocalize
vocation