unvoiced
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌʌnˈvɔɪst/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɪst
Adjective
unvoiced (not comparable)
- Not spoken or expressed.
- I could guess her unvoiced opinon.
- (linguistics) Spoken without vibration of the vocal chords.
- Synonym: voiceless
- (signal processing, of a signal) That does not contain voice.
- 1999, ISIE ...[1], volumes 1-3, IEEE Service Center:
- The unvoiced signal is smaller energy than voiced signal and, so, this section is applied the smaller threshold.
- (Internet) Of an IRC user: not granted voice privileges.
Translations
linguistics: voiceless — see voiceless