voice

  • noun 1 the sound produced in a person’s larynx and uttered through the mouth, as speech or song. 2 the ability to speak or sing. 3 Music the range of pitch or type of tone with which a person sings. 4 Music a vocal part in a composition. 5 an opinion or attitude, or a means or agency by which it is expressed. 6 Grammar a form of a verb showing the relation of the subject to the action.

  • verb 1 express in words. 2 (voiced) Phonetics (of a speech sound) uttered with resonance of the vocal cords.

  — ORIGIN Old French vois, from Latin vox.

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