voiceless

/ˈvɔɪsləs/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈvɔɪsləs/

voiceless

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Aw vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

voi - ce - less -> voiceless

Myanmar meaning

(adj) စကားသံမထွက်သော။

Full entry

voice /vↄÇs/ n

၁။ [C,U] အသံ။ I can hear voices through the wall. ❍ Keep your voice down (ie Don't speak loudly). ❍ recognize sb's voice ❍ speak in a loud/rough/husky/gentle voice ❍ lower one's voice (ie speak more quietly) ❍ He has a good singing voice. ❍ When did his voice break (ie become deep like a man's)? ❍ Her voice shook/trembled with emotion. ❍ ‘There you are,’said a voice behind me. ❍ Don't take that tone of voice with me! ❍ He was in good voice (ie singing well) at the concert tonight.
၂။ [sing] (က) ~ (in sth) အသံ။ The workers want a voice in the decision-making process. (ခ) [sing] သဘောသွား။ သဘောထား။ စေ့ဆော်မှု။ လှုံ့ဆော် မှု။ listen to the voice of reason/experience/dissent ❍ a newspaper that represents the voice of the people.
၃။ [sing] (grammar ) (ကတ္တားဟော၊ ကံဟော) ကြိယာပုံစံ။ Active voice ❍ Passive voice.
၄။ [U] (phonetics ) /b, d,g, dʒ,v,ð, z, ʒ, m, n, ŋ, w, r, l, j/ ဃောသ (အက္ခရာ)။ သံပြင်း။ သံထင်။
v
၁။ ထုတ်ဖော်သည်။ ဖွင့်ဟသည်။ A spokesman voiced the workers' dissatisfaction. ❍ Some people are nervous about voicing their opinions in public.
၂။ (phonetics ) ဃောသသံဖြင့် ရွတ်သည်။ voiced consonants.
❏ give voice to sth [IDM ] ဖွင့်ဟသည်။ ရင်ဖွင့်သည်။ Many of the workers at the meeting gave voice to their fears about job security and the future of the company.
❏ make one's voice heard [IDM ] ဖွင့်ဟသည်။ ရင်ဖွင့်သည်။ ထုတ်ပြောသည်။ This programme gives ordinary viewers a chance to make their voice(s) heard.
❏ with one voice [IDM ] တစ်သံတည်း။ The various opposition parties speak with one voice on this issue.
❏ voice-box n = LARYNX
❏ -voiced (forming compound adjs )… အသံ (ရှိသော)။ loud-voiced ❍ gruff-voiced.
❏ voiceless adj (phonetics ) အဃောသသံ။ သံညင်း။ သံနုံ့။
❏ voice-over n (ရုပ်ရှင်၊ ရုပ်မြင်သံကြားတို့တွင်) နောက်ခံ စကားပြော။ She earns a lot of money doing voice-overs for TV commercials.

More examples

A female voice answered the phone.
We could hear voices in the next apartment.
He tried to keep the irritation out of his voice.
A man with a deep/soft/loud voice
[in a ... voice] : The woman at the desk greeted him in a bored voice.
[tone of voice] : I knew from his tone of voice that he was extremely annoyed.
[in someone’s voice] : Phillips called back later, and this time there was real irritation in his voice.
[lose your voice] : I have a cold – I think I’m losing my voice.
My father had a fine bass voice.
[be in good/fine voice] : You’re in good voice tonight!
An arrangement for piano and four voices
The apartheid system left the majority of the population without a political voice.
[have a voice (in something)] : Parents should have a voice in any changes to the school curriculum.
[give voice to something] : Her article gave voice to the anger felt by many local people.
[voice of] : The voice of ordinary party members was rarely listened to.
[make your voice heard] : Anti-capitalist groups used street protests as a way of making their voices heard.
The paper sees itself as the authentic voice of Middle England.
[voice of reason/authority/experience etc] : The senator has long been a voice of reason on this issue.

Synonyms

say, right to be heard, influence, vote, say-so, air, announce, approval, articulate, articulation, assert, call, choice, come out with, cry, decision, declaration, declare, deliver, delivery, divulge, emphasize, enunciate, exclamation, express, expression, give expression, give utterance, inflect, inflection, intonate, intonation, intone, language, modulate, modulation, murmur, mutter, opine, opinion, option, part, participation, power of speech, preference, present, proclaim, pronounce, put, recount, representation, right of free speech, right of speech, roar, shout, singing, song, sound, speak, speech, statement, suffrage, talk, tell, tone, tongue, utter, utterance, vent, verbalize, view, vocal sound, vocalization, vocalize, vociferation, vox populi, will, wish, words, yell

Antonyms

be quiet, conceal, deny, disfavor, dislike, hate, hatred, hide, listen, mumble, quiet, refrain, rejection, silence, withhold