Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character
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.
A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.
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.
In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether or not they can send messages to the channel.
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, from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs, root noun from *wekʷ-. Cognate with Sanskrit वाच्, Ancient Greek ὄψ, Persian آواز. Displaced native Middle English steven, from Old English stefn (see steven). Compare advocate, advowson, avouch, convoke, epic, vocal, vouch, vowel. vox.
From Middle English voysen, voicen, from the noun (see above).
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