voisement — meaning in English

English meaning

• voicing noun The final regulation of the pitch and tone of any sound-producing entity, especially of an organ or similar musical instrument.

Senses

voisement is used for these senses in English:

• voicing (phonetics) The articulatory process in which the vocal cords vibrate.
• voicing (phonology) A phonological process that turns a voiceless sound into a voiced one.

voicing — full definition

1. noun The final regulation of the pitch and tone of any sound-producing entity, especially of an organ or similar musical instrument.
2. noun A particular arrangement of notes to form a chord.
3. noun The articulatory process in which the vocal cords vibrate.
4. noun A classification of speech sounds that tend to be associated with vocal cord vibration.

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