voiceless

adj.

1. Having no voice; mute.
2. Linguistics. Uttered without vibration of the vocal cords, as the sounds (t) and (p).

voicelessly voice'less·ly adv.
voicelessness voice'less·ness n.

adjective

1. Lacking the power or faculty of speech: aphonic, dumb, inarticulate, mute, speechless. See words.
2. Temporarily unable or unwilling to speak, as from shock or fear: dumb, inarticulate, mum, mute, silent, speechless, wordless. See words.

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The adjective has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: (linguistics) of speech sounds
  Synonyms: surd, unvoiced

Meaning #2: not using the voice
  Synonym: unvoiced

Meaning #3: uttered without voice
  Synonym: breathed

Meaning #4: being voiceless through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech
  Synonym: aphonic

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - uden stemme, stum, ustemt

Nederlands (Dutch)
zonder stem, niet uitgesproken (woordklank)

Français (French)
adj. - (Phon) sourd, privé de la parole, sans voix

Deutsch (German)
adj. - stumm, stimmlos

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άφωνος, βουβός, αποσβολωμένος

Italiano (Italian)
senza voce

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - mudo (Fon.), calado, sem direito de voto ou opinião

Русский (Russian)
безмолвный, безголосый, глухой

Español (Spanish)
adj. - mudo, afónico, sordo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - stum, tonlös

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
无声的, 不悦耳的, 沉默的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 無聲的, 不悅耳的, 沈默的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 목소리가 없는, 말 못하는, 무성[음]의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 声がない, 無言の, おしの, 無声音の, 意見を言わない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) فاقد الصوت, صامت‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אילם, לא קולי (הגה), חסר-קול, חסר-דעה, נטול-השפעה, דומם‬

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