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Pronunciation / Transliteration: qīngyīn
"音标 /s/ 是一个清音。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Produced without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced.
"In linguistics, the sound /s/ is classified as a voiceless fricative." - 2
Having no voice or unable to speak; silent or expressing no opinion.
"Marginalized communities often feel voiceless in political decisions."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old English 'wīsleás', combining 'wīs' (voice) and the suffix '-leás' (less, lacking). Over centuries, it evolved both in general usage to mean silent or without a vote, and specifically in phonetics to describe sounds produced without the vibration of the vocal cords.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Voiceless" is said worldwide
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sorda
Transliteration: sorda
"La consonante /p/ è sorda."
sourde
Transliteration: sourd
"Le phonème /f/ est une consonne sourde."
stimmlos
Transliteration: stimmlos
"Der Laut /s/ ist stimmlos."
sordo
Transliteration: sordo
"El sonido /t/ es una consonante sorda."
surda
Transliteration: surda
"O som /k/ é uma consoante surda."
अघोष
Transliteration: aghosh
"हिंदी में /प/ एक अघोष व्यंजन है।"
清音
Transliteration: qīngyīn
"音标 /s/ 是一个清音。"
무성음
Transliteration: museongeum
"소리 /s/는 무성 자음입니다."
無声音
Transliteration: museion
"音声学において、/s/ は無声音です。"
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