His voice is perfect; he phonates loudly and well.
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Phonate
//fəʊˈneɪt//
Synonyms for "phonate" (44 found)
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Related words (22)
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Translations
7 translations across 3 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- произнасям verb (to make sounds with the voice)
Czech
2 entries- tvořit hlas verb (to make sounds with the voice)
- vydávat zvuk verb (to make sounds with the voice)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- fonirati verb (to make sounds with the voice)
- fonirati verb (to use the voice to make (specific sounds))
- glasati se verb (to make sounds with the voice)
- glasati se verb (to use the voice to make (specific sounds))
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
[A]s soon, however, as the patient endeavored to produce a higher note by phonating forcibly, the vocal cords were stretched unusually tight, the arytenoid cartilages were pressed spasmodically together, and no tone could be heard.
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[O]ne finds patients unable to take a single step, who can dance with consummate ease and grace; patients unable to phonate, or utter a single word, who can sing without any difficulty, bringing to the music all the volume, all the richness and delicacy of intonation, all the feeling, that it demands.
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Adult male speakers can phonate at fundamental frequencies that range between 80 and 300 Hz. Adult females and children normally phonate at fundamental frequencies that range up to about 500 Hz, although the fundamental frequency can go up to 1.5 kHz [...]
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