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Pronunciation / Transliteration: surd
"La consonne /p/ est un son sourd."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Pronounced without vibration of the vocal cords; voiceless.
"The consonant /s/ in 'sip' is an unvoiced fricative." - 2
Not expressed in words or spoken aloud; unspoken.
"They shared an unvoiced agreement regarding the sensitive matter."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the prefix un- (expressing negation or absence, from Old English un-) combined with voiced, the past participle of voice (from Old French vois, from Latin vox meaning 'voice'). The linguistic term emerged in the 19th century during the formalization of modern phonetics to describe speech sounds produced without vocal fold vibration.
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sourde
Transliteration: surd
"La consonne /p/ est un son sourd."
stimmlos
Transliteration: stimmlos
"Der Laut /t/ ist ein stimmloser Konsonant."
sordo
Transliteration: sordo
"Il fonema /f/ è una consonante sorda."
sordo
Transliteration: sordo
"La letra 's' representa un sonido sordo."
surdo
Transliteration: surdo
"O som /k/ é uma consoante surda."
अघोष
Transliteration: aghosh
"हिंदी में /प/ एक अघोष व्यंजन है।"
清音的
Transliteration: qīngyīn de
"英语中的/s/是一个清辅音。"
무성음의
Transliteration: museongeum-ui
"영어의 /p/는 무성 자음입니다."
無声音の
Transliteration: musei-on no
"音声学において、子音/s/は無声音です。"
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