voice
Sistem
Alternative forms
Izgovor
Etimologija 1
From Srednji Engleski voice, voys, vois, borrowed from Anglo-Norman voiz, voys, voice, Stari Francuski vois, voiz (Modern Francuski voix), from Latinski vōcem, accusative form of vōx (“voice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs, root noun from *wekʷ- (“to utter, speak”). Cognate with Sanskrt वाच् (vāc), Antički Grčki ὄψ (óps), Persian آواز (âvâz). Displaced native Srednji Engleski steven (“voice”) (from Stari Engleski stefn (see steven)), Stari Engleski hlēoþor, and Stari Engleski woþ. Broadly overtook Stari Engleski reord.
Compare advocate, advowson, avouch, convoke, epic, vocal, vouch, vowel. Dubleti 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
- 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.
- Šablon:RQ:Shakespeare King Lear
- Šablon:RQ:Milton Poems
- 2011 april 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- 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.
- (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
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 19:12:
- And after the earthquake, a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire, a still small voice.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 40:9:
- Canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 93:3:
- The floods have lifted up their voice.
- 1712, Joseph Addison, Cato, a Tragedy:
- O Marcus, I am warm’d; my heart Leaps at the trumpet’s voice.
- The faculty or power of utterance
- to cultivate the voice
- That which is communicated; message; meaning.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Galatians 4:20:
- I desire to bee present with you now, and to change my voyce, for I stand in doubt of you.
- Šablon:RQ:Shakespeare Macbeth
- 17th century, John Fell, unknown work
- Let us call on God in the voice of his church.
- An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered
- Šablon:RQ:Shakespeare Coriolanus
- Šablon:RQ:Dryden Aeneis
- 2019 mart 24, Helen Regan, Kocha Olarn, “Thailand's youth demand change ahead of elections”, in CNN[2], retrieved 2019-03-24:
- 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.
- (archaic) Command; precept.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 8:20:
- 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.
- One who speaks; a speaker.
- Šablon:RQ:Tennyson In Memoriam
- 2016, Sonia Tascon, Tyson Wils, Activist Film Festivals: Towards a Political Subject:
- The inclusion of transgender voices further disrupts the homonormalization of sex and identity evident in popular LGBTQ cinema.
- (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.
- The verbal system of Latin has two voices, active and passive.
- 2012, Drew Arlen Mannetter, I Came, I Saw, I Translated, page 197:
- There are four tenses of the subjunctive (present, perfect, imperfect, and pluperfect) and three voices (active, passive, and deponent). [...] See 12.8 for the formation of the deponent voice.
- (music) In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
- The theme of this piece constantly migrates between the three voice parts.
- (Internet, IRC) A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether or not they can send messages to the channel.
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
Derived terms
- at the top of one's voice
- chest voice
- chipmunk voice
- creaky voice
- Dalek voice
- devoice
- find one's voice
- give voice
- good voice to beg bacon
- head voice
- indoor voice
- inner voice
- in voice
- library voice
- like the sound of one's own voice
- outdoor voice
- raise one's voice
- singing voice
- storm-voice
- student voice
- the voice of the people, the voice of God
- tone of voice
- undervoice
- voice-activated
- voice actor
- voice actress
- voicebank
- voice box
- voice changer
- voice coil
- voice command
- voice crack
- voiced
- voice glide
- voice in the wilderness
- voiceless
- voicelet
- voice lift
- voice mail
- voice message
- voice of the toothless one
- voice onset time
- voice-over
- voiceprint
- voice quality
- voice recognition
- voice synthesis
- voice synthesizer
- voice talent
- voice-under
- voice verify
- voice voting
- voice wrap
- with one voice
Descendants
- → Ruski: voйs (vojs) (slang, from "voice message")
Translations
Etymology 2
From Srednji Engleski 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
- He voiced the sentiments of the nation.
- 1893, Annie Wood Besant, An Autobiography:
- How often he would voice his love of England, his admiration of her Parliament, his pride in her history.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, “Of Great Place”, in The Essayes or Covncils, Civill and Moral, […] Newly Written, London: Printed by Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC; newly enlarged edition, London: Printed by Iohn Haviland, […], 1632, →OCLC:
- Šablon:RQ:Bacon Henry 7
- (transitive, phonology) To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath.
- (transitive) To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of
- voice the pipes of an organ
- (transitive, obsolete) To vote; to elect; to appoint
- (intransitive, obsolete) To clamor; to cry out[1]
- 1638, Francis Quarles, Divine Fancies: Digeſted Into Epigrammes, Meditations, and Obſervations[4], London: Iohn Marriot, page 67:
- If thou wilt give me Davids heart; Ile voyce, / Great God, with David; and make Davids choyce.
- 1666, Robert South, A ſermon preached at Lambeth-Chappel on the 25th of November […] [5], London: William Nott:
- 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.
- 1682, Thomas Southern, The Loyal Brother, Or The Perſian Prince[6], London: William Cademan, page 29:
- How wou'd they voice it o're and o're for Tachmas / To come, and blunt the edge of War agen!
- Šablon:RQ:Tennyson Holy Grail
- (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.
- 2012 april 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club[9]:
- The openly ridiculous plot has The Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) 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.
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Middle English
Noun
voice
- Alternative form of voys
- Engleski govor
- en:Sistem
- en:Izgovori
- Engleski 1-slog reči
- Engleski termini sa IPA izgovorom
- Engleski pojmovi sa audio vezama
- Rime:Engleski/ɔɪs
- Rime:Engleski/ɔɪs/1 slog
- en:Etimologije
- Engleski pojmovi izvedeni iz Proto-Indo-European
- Engleski pojmovi izvedeni iz Proto-Indo-European korena *wekʷ-
- Engleski izrazi nasleđeni od Srednji Engleski
- Engleski termini izvedeni od Srednji Engleski
- Engleski termini izvedeni od Anglo-Norman
- Engleski termini izvedeni od Stari Francuski
- Engleski termini izvedeni od Latinski
- Engleski termini izvedeni od Proto-Indo-European
- Stari Engleski links with manual fragments
- Engleski dubleti
- Engleski imenice
- Engleski countable nouns
- Strane sa 1 unos
- Strane sa nonstandard language headings
- Engleski terms with usage examples
- Engleski terms with navods
- en:Phonetics
- Engleski terms with archaic senses
- en:Literature
- en:Internet
- Engleski glagoli
- Engleski transitive verbs
- en:Phonology
- Engleski terms with obsolete senses
- Engleski intransitive verbs
- Engleski internet slang
- en:Television
- en:Film
- en:Communication
- en:Sound
- Srednji Engleski noun