unvoice

American

[uhn-vois] / ʌnˈvɔɪs /

verb (used with or without object)

Phonetics.

unvoiced, unvoicing

devoice.

unvoice British

/ ʌnˈvɔɪs /

verb

to pronounce without vibration of the vocal cords
another word for devoice

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Etymology

Origin of unvoice

First recorded in 1630–40; un- ² + voice

Example Sentences

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In French, and still more in English, it is easy to enumerate long lists of pairs of words differing from each other only by the presence or absence of voice in the last sound; therefore final b and p, d and t, g and k, are kept rigidly apart; in German, on the other hand, there are very few such pairs, and thus nothing counterbalances the natural tendency to unvoice final consonants.'

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