"devoice" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: devoices [present, singular, third-person], devoicing [participle, present], devoiced [participle, past], devoiced [past]
Etymology: de- + voice. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|voice}} de- + voice Head templates: {{en-verb}} devoice (third-person singular simple present devoices, present participle devoicing, simple past and past participle devoiced)
  1. (transitive, phonetics) To pronounce a word with little movement of the vocal cords Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Phonetics Translations (to pronounce a sound with little vibration of the vocal cords): devocalizzare (Italian), desonorizzare (Italian)
    Sense id: en-devoice-en-verb-Lnv1Tecx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 58 42 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences Disambiguation of 'to pronounce a sound with little vibration of the vocal cords': 95 5
  2. (transitive, Internet) To remove the voice flag from a user on IRC, preventing them from sending messages to the channel. Tags: Internet, transitive Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-devoice-en-verb-St6PwRwu

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for devoice meaning in English (2.5kB)

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