խուլ adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)
շնչեղ խուլ adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)
պարզ խուլ adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

kar adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
kar adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Belarusian

4 entries

безгало́сы adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
бязгу́чны adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
бязгу́чны adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)
глухі́ adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Bengali

1 entries

অঘোষ adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Bulgarian

3 entries

безгла́сен adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
беззву́чен adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
беззву́чен adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

清 adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)
無聲 /无声 adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Czech

1 entries

neznělý adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Danish

1 entries

ustemt adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Dutch

1 entries

stemloos adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Esperanto

1 entries

senvoĉa adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)

Finnish

3 entries

mykkä adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
soinniton adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)
äänetön adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)

French

2 entries

aphone adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
sourd adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Galician

1 entries

xordo adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Georgian

3 entries

მუნჯი adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
უხმო adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
ყრუ adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

German

2 entries

stimmlos adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)
tonlos adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)

Greek

1 entries

άηχος adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Hindi

1 entries

अघोष adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Hungarian

3 entries

hangtalan adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
néma adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
zöngétlen adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Icelandic

2 entries

raddlaus adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
óraddaður adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Irish

1 entries

neamhghlórach adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Italian

1 entries

sordo adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Japanese

4 entries

暗黙の adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
清 adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)
無声 adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)
無言の adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)

Kalmyk

2 entries

дун уга adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
дүлә adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Kazakh

2 entries

үнсіз adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
үнсіз adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Korean

1 entries

무성 adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Lithuanian

1 entries

bebalsis adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

njespiwny adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Macedonian

1 entries

безгласен adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Manx

4 entries

balloo adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
gyn coraa adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
neuchoraait adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)
neughlaragh adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Mongolian

2 entries

дуугүй adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)
ᠳᠠᠭᠤ ᠦᢉᠡᠢ adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Navajo

1 entries

doo yolzóoz da adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

ustemt adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

ustemd adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Polish

4 entries

bezdźwięczny adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
bezdźwięczny adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)
bezgłośny adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
niemy adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)

Portuguese

2 entries

mudo adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
surdo adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Romanian

3 entries

fără voce adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
mut adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
surd adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Russian

4 entries

безгла́сный adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
безголо́сый adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
беззву́чный adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
глухо́й adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Scots

2 entries

voiceless adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
voiceless adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

neo-ghuthach adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

bezvučni adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Spanish

2 entries

mudo adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
sordo adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Swedish

2 entries

tonlös adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
tonlös adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Turkish

1 entries

sessiz adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Ukrainian

4 entries

безголо́сий adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
безголо́сний adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
безголо́сний adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)
беззву́чний adj (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)

Vietnamese

1 entries

vô thanh adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Welsh

1 entries

di-lais adj (phonetics, of a consonant: spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)

Sample sentences

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Voiceless screaming was interestingly represented through music notation by Alfred Schnittke: "silence fortissimo".

Source: tatoeba (278262)

It seems appropriate to apply these rules to the voiceless consonants.

Source: tatoeba (322799)

In that language, voiceless consonants tend to be voiced intervocalically.

Source: tatoeba (6037959)

An alveolar ejective has voiceless phonation, meaning it is produced without vocal cord vibration.

Source: tatoeba (9013216)

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