unvoice

[ uhn-vois ]

verb (used with or without object)

, Phonetics.

, un·voiced, un·voic·ing.

1. devoice.

unvoice

/ ʌnˈvɔɪs /

verb

1. to pronounce without vibration of the vocal cords
2. another word for devoice

Word History and Origins

Origin of unvoice¹

First recorded in 1630–40; un- ² + voice

Example Sentences

In French, and still more in English, it is easy to enumerate long lists of pairs of words differing from each other only by the presence or absence of voice in the last sound; therefore final b and p, d and t, g and k, are kept rigidly apart; in German, on the other hand, there are very few such pairs, and thus nothing counterbalances the natural tendency to unvoice final consonants.'

From Project Gutenberg