voice

ен+нг=енг

• voyce (obsolete)

• МФА^(кључ): /vɔɪs/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Риме: -ɔɪs

From Средњи Енглески voice, voys, vois, borrowed from Anglo-Norman voiz, voys, voice, Стари Француски vois, voiz (Modern Француски voix), from Латински vōcem, accusative form of vōx (“voice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs, root noun from *wekʷ- (“to utter, speak”). Cognate with Санскрт वाच् (vāc), Антички Грчки ὄψ (óps), Persian آواز (âvâz). Displaced native Средњи Енглески steven (“voice”) (from Стари Енглески stefn (see steven)), Стари Енглески hlēoþor, and Стари Енглески woþ. Broadly overtook Стари Енглески reord.

Compare advocate, advowson, avouch, convoke, epic, vocal, vouch, vowel. Дублети of vox.

voice (plural voices)

1. Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character

   The human voice is the oldest musical instrument in history.

   She has a pleasant voice.

   His low voice allowed him to become a bass in the choir.

   • Шаблон:RQ:Shakespeare King Lear
   • Шаблон:RQ:Milton Poems
   • 2011 април 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Villa chief executive Paul Faulkner had backed manager Houllier during the week and asked for the fans to get behind their team as they looked to steer themselves away from the relegation zone.
     To that end, the home supporters were in good voice to begin with, but it was Newcastle who started the game in the ascendancy, with Barton putting a diving header over the top from Jose Enrique's cross.

2. (phonetics) Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
3. The tone or sound emitted by an object
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 19:12:

     And after the earthquake, a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire, a still small voice.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 40:9:

     Canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 93:3:

     The floods have lifted up their voice.

   • 1712, Joseph Addison, Cato, a Tragedy:

     O Marcus, I am warm’d; my heart Leaps at the trumpet’s voice.

4. The faculty or power of utterance

   to cultivate the voice

5. That which is communicated; message; meaning.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Galatians 4:20:

     I desire to bee present with you now, and to change my voyce, for I stand in doubt of you.

   • Шаблон:RQ:Shakespeare Macbeth
   • 17th century, John Fell, unknown work

     Let us call on God in the voice of his church.

6. An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered
   • Шаблон:RQ:Shakespeare Coriolanus
   • Шаблон:RQ:Dryden Aeneis
   • 2019 март 24, Helen Regan, Kocha Olarn, “Thailand's youth demand change ahead of elections”, in CNN‎^[2], retrieved 2019-03-24:

     Like many of the 7 million other first time voters, she came of age during half a decade of military rule that has governed the country since former general turned Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha seized power in a 2014 coup. "We have had our voice taken away for five years," she says.

7. (archaic) Command; precept.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 8:20:

     As the nations which the Lord destroyeth before your face, so shall yee perish; because ye would not be obedient vnto the voice of the Lord your God.

8. One who speaks; a speaker.
   • Шаблон:RQ:Tennyson In Memoriam
   • 2016, Sonia Tascon, Tyson Wils, Activist Film Festivals: Towards a Political Subject:

     The inclusion of transgender voices further disrupts the homonormalization of sex and identity evident in popular LGBTQ cinema.

9. (literature) A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.
10. (grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.

    The verbal system of Latin has two voices, active and passive.

    • 2012, Drew Arlen Mannetter, I Came, I Saw, I Translated, page 197:

      There are four tenses of the subjunctive (present, perfect, imperfect, and pluperfect) and three voices (active, passive, and deponent). [...] See 12.8 for the formation of the deponent voice.

11. (music) In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.

    The theme of this piece constantly migrates between the three voice parts.

12. (Internet, IRC) A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether or not they can send messages to the channel.
    • 1999 фебруар 20, Cory McWilliams, “IRC oddities”, in alt.irc‎^[3] (Usenet), message-ID <7amrhu$17kg@enews2.newsguy.com>:

      True, better clients will remember that a person had a voice before they were opped and will return the + when they are deopped, but that doesn't solve the problem.

• (sound of human speech): steven (obsolete), reard (obsolete or dialectal)
• (opinion): steven (obsolete), vote, say-so
• (voice of verbs): diathesis, gender (of verbs), grammatical voice, verbal voice

• → Руски: войс (vojs) (slang, from "voice message")

From Средњи Енглески voysen, voicen, from the noun (see above).

voice (third-person singular simple present voices, present participle voicing, simple past and past participle voiced)

1. (transitive) To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce

   He voiced the sentiments of the nation.

   • 1893, Annie Wood Besant, An Autobiography:

     How often he would voice his love of England, his admiration of her Parliament, his pride in her history.

   • 1625, Francis Bacon, “Of Great Place”, in The Essayes or Covncils, Civill and Moral, […] Newly Written, London: Printed by Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC; newly enlarged edition, London: Printed by Iohn Haviland, […], 1632, →OCLC:
   • Шаблон:RQ:Bacon Henry 7
2. (transitive, phonology) To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath.
3. (transitive) To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of

   voice the pipes of an organ

4. (transitive, obsolete) To vote; to elect; to appoint
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To clamor; to cry out^[1]
   • 1638, Francis Quarles, Divine Fancies: Digeſted Into Epigrammes, Meditations, and Obſervations‎^[4], London: Iohn Marriot, page 67:

     If thou wilt give me Davids heart; Ile voyce, / Great God, with David; and make Davids choyce.

   • 1666, Robert South, A ſermon preached at Lambeth-Chappel on the 25th of November […] ‎^[5], London: William Nott:

     It is not the gift of every Perſon, nor of every Age, to harangue the multitude, to Voice it high and loud, & Dominari in Concionibus.

   • 1682, Thomas Southern, The Loyal Brother, Or The Perſian Prince‎^[6], London: William Cademan, page 29:

     How wou'd they voice it o're and o're for Tachmas / To come, and blunt the edge of War agen!

   • Шаблон:RQ:Tennyson Holy Grail
6. (transitive, Internet, IRC) To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.
   • 2001 новембар 22, Thom Peppard, “assistance please”, in alt.irc‎^[7] (Usenet), message-ID <B8225C66.240B%thompeppard@tru.eastlink.ca>:

     I would like this script to allow me to notice not only the ops in a channel, but also those that have been voiced by the ops, at the same time.

   • 2004 август 1, Remco Rijnders, “moderating an IRC session”, in alt.irc‎^[8] (Usenet), message-ID <opsb1625xn32ljov@news.xs4all.nl>:

     If you then want others to be able to talk, you can voice them (+v) or if you want everyone able to talk, you can remove the moderation flag on the channel (-m).

7. (television, film) To act as a voice actor to portray a character.
   • 2012 април 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[9]:

     The openly ridiculous plot has The Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) scheming to win the Pirate Of The Year competition, even though he’s a terrible pirate, far outclassed by rivals voiced by Jeremy Piven and Salma Hayek.

voice

1. Alternative form of voys