Word a Day
voice
What does voice mean?
voice (noun): the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use voice in a sentence?
- A shrill voice sounded behind us. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce voice?
/vɔɪs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does voice come from?
From Middle English voice, voys, vois, borrowed from Anglo-Norman voiz, voys, voice, Old French vois, voiz (Modern French voix), from Latin vōcem, accusative form of vōx (“voice”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
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