voice

Енглески

Alternative forms

• voyce (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• МФА^(кључ): /vɔɪs/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Риме: -ɔɪs

Etymology 1

From Middle English voice, voys, vois, borrowed from Anglo-Norman voiz, voys, voice, Old French vois, voiz (Modern Француски voix), from Латински vōcem, accusative form of vōx (“voice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs, root noun from *wekʷ- (“to utter, speak”). Cognate with Санскрт वाच् (vāc), Антички Грчки ὄψ (óps), Ирански 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. Дублети of vox.

Noun

voice (plural voices)

1. 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.

   • Шаблон:RQ:Shakespeare King Lear
   • Шаблон:RQ:Milton Poems
   • 2011 април 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

2. (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.
3. The tone or sound emitted by an object
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Kings 19:12:

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Job 40:9:

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Psalms 93:3:

   • 1712, w:Joseph Addison, w:Cato, a Tragedy:

4. The faculty or power of utterance

   to cultivate the voice

5. That which is communicated; message; meaning.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Galatians 4:20:

   • Шаблон:RQ:Shakespeare Macbeth
   • 17th century, John Fell, unknown work

     Let us call on God in the voice of his church.

6. An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered
   • Шаблон:RQ:Shakespeare Coriolanus
   • Шаблон:RQ:Dryden Aeneis
   • 2019 март 24, Helen Regan; Kocha Olarn, “Thailand's youth demand change ahead of elections”, in CNN‎^[2], retrieved 2019-03-24:

7. (archaic) Command; precept.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Deuteronomy 8:20:

8. One who speaks; a speaker.
   • Шаблон:RQ:Tennyson In Memoriam
   • 2016, Sonia Tascon; Tyson Wils, Activist Film Festivals: Towards a Political Subject:

9. (literature) A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.
10. (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, strana 197:

11. (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.

12. (Internet, IRC) A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether or not they can send messages to the channel.
    • 1999 фебруар 20, Cory McWilliams, “IRC oddities”, in alt.irc, Usenet‎^[3], message-ID <7amrhu$17kg@enews2.newsguy.com>:

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

Terms derived from voice (noun)

• 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

 

Grammatical terms derived from voice (noun)

• active voice
• antipassive voice
• middle voice
• neuter voice
• passive voice

 

Descendants

• → Руски: войс (vojs) (slang, from "voice message")

Translations

See voice/translations § Noun.

Etymology 2

From Middle English voysen, voicen, from the noun (see above).

Verb

voice

1. (transitive) To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce

   He voiced the sentiments of the nation.

   • 1893, w:Annie Wood Besant, s:An Autobiography:

   • 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 863521290; newly enlarged edition, London: Printed by Iohn Haviland, […], 1632, OCLC 863527675:

   • Шаблон:RQ:Bacon Henry 7
2. (transitive, phonology) To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath.
3. (transitive) To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of

   voice the pipes of an organ

4. (transitive, obsolete) To vote; to elect; to appoint
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To clamor; to cry out
   • 1638, Francis Quarles, Divine Fancies: Digeſted Into Epigrammes, Meditations, and Obſervations‎^[4], London: Iohn Marriot, strana 67:

   • 1666, Robert South, A ſermon preached at Lambeth-Chappel on the 25th of November […] ‎^[5], London: William Nott:

   • 1682, Thomas Southern, The Loyal Brother, Or The Perſian Prince‎^[6], London: William Cademan, strana 29:

   • Шаблон:RQ:Tennyson Holy Grail
6. (transitive, Internet, IRC) To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.
   • 2001 новембар 22, Thom Peppard, “assistance please”, in alt.irc, Usenet‎^[7], message-ID <B8225C66.240B%thompeppard@tru.eastlink.ca>:

   • 2004 август 1, Remco Rijnders, “moderating an IRC session”, in alt.irc, Usenet‎^[8], message-ID <opsb1625xn32ljov@news.xs4all.nl>:

7. (television, film) To act as a voice actor to portray a character.
   • 2012 април 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[9]:

Related terms

• vocable
• vocabulary
• vocal
• vocalization
• vocalize
• vocation

 

Translations

See voice/translations § Verb.

Middle English

Noun

voice

1. Alternative form of voys