Voice Definition

vois

voiced, voices, voicing

noun

voices

Sound made through the mouth, esp. by human beings in talking, singing, etc.

Webster's New World

The ability to make sounds orally or to speak, sing, etc.

To lose one's voice.

Webster's New World

The mind as it produces verbal thoughts.

Listening to the voice within.

American Heritage

Anything regarded as like vocal utterance in communicating to the mind.

The voice of one's conscience.

Webster's New World

Any sound regarded as like vocal utterance.

The voice of the sea.

Webster's New World

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dumbness
silence
deaf-mutism

verb

voiced, voices, voicing

To give utterance or expression to; utter or express in words.

Webster's New World

To pronounce with vibration of the vocal cords.

American Heritage

To provide (a composition) with voice parts.

American Heritage

To arrange (notes of a chord) or distribute notes to (instruments) so as to achieve a particular harmonic sound.

Webster's New World

To regulate the tone of (organ pipes, etc.)

Webster's New World

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devoice
be-quiet

idiom

at the top of (one's) voice

As loudly as one's voice will allow.

American Heritage

with one voice

In complete agreement; unanimously.

American Heritage

in voice

with the voice in good condition, as for singing

Webster's New World

with one voice

unanimously

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Voice

Noun

Singular:

voice

Plural:

voices

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Voice

Origin of Voice

From Middle English vois, from Anglo-Norman voiz, voys, voice, Old French vois, voiz (Modern French voix), from Latin vōcem, accusative form of Latin vōx (“voice"), from Proto-Indo-European *wek-, *wekÊ·-, *wokÊ·- (“to utter, speak"). Cognate with Sanskrit वच् (“to say, speak"), German erwähnen (“to mention"). Displaced native Middle English steven (“voice"), from Old English stefn (see steven), Middle English rouste (“voice") from Old Norse raust, and Middle English rearde (“voice") from Old English reord. Compare advocate, advowson, avouch, convoke, epic, vocal, vouch, vowel.

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old French vois from Latin vōx vōc- wekw- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition