Voice in Different Languages
Discover 'Voice' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Voice
Afrikaans stem | ||
Albanian zëri | ||
Amharic ድምፅ | ||
Arabic صوت | ||
Armenian ձայն | ||
Assamese কণ্ঠ | ||
Aymara aru | ||
Azerbaijani səs | ||
Bambara kan | ||
Basque ahotsa | ||
Belarusian голас | ||
Bengali কণ্ঠস্বর | ||
Bhojpuri आवाज | ||
Bosnian glas | ||
Bulgarian глас | ||
Catalan veu | ||
Cebuano tingog | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 语音 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 語音 | ||
Corsican voce | ||
Croatian glas | ||
Czech hlas | ||
Danish stemme | ||
Dhivehi އަޑު | ||
Dogri अवाज | ||
Dutch stem | ||
English voice | ||
Esperanto voĉo | ||
Estonian hääl | ||
Ewe gbeɖiɖi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) boses | ||
Finnish ääni | ||
French voix | ||
Frisian lûd | ||
Galician voz | ||
Georgian ხმა | ||
German stimme | ||
Greek φωνή | ||
Guarani ñe'ẽsẽ | ||
Gujarati અવાજ | ||
Haitian Creole vwa | ||
Hausa murya | ||
Hawaiian leo | ||
Hebrew קוֹל | ||
Hindi आवाज़ | ||
Hmong lub suab | ||
Hungarian hang | ||
Icelandic rödd | ||
Igbo olu | ||
Ilocano timek | ||
Indonesian suara | ||
Irish guth | ||
Italian voce | ||
Japanese ボイス | ||
Javanese swara | ||
Kannada ಧ್ವನಿ | ||
Kazakh дауыс | ||
Khmer សំលេង | ||
Kinyarwanda ijwi | ||
Konkani आवाज | ||
Korean 목소리 | ||
Krio vɔys | ||
Kurdish deng | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) دەنگ | ||
Kyrgyz үн | ||
Lao ສຽງ | ||
Latin vox | ||
Latvian balss | ||
Lingala mongongo | ||
Lithuanian balsas | ||
Luganda eddoboozi | ||
Luxembourgish stëmm | ||
Macedonian глас | ||
Maithili आबाज | ||
Malagasy feon'ny | ||
Malay suara | ||
Malayalam ശബ്ദം | ||
Maltese vuċi | ||
Maori reo | ||
Marathi आवाज | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯈꯣꯟꯖꯦꯜ | ||
Mizo aw | ||
Mongolian дуу хоолой | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အသံ | ||
Nepali आवाज | ||
Norwegian stemme | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mawu | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସ୍ୱର | ||
Oromo sagalee | ||
Pashto غږ | ||
Persian صدا | ||
Polish głos | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) voz | ||
Punjabi ਆਵਾਜ਼ | ||
Quechua rimay | ||
Romanian voce | ||
Russian голос | ||
Samoan leo | ||
Sanskrit ध्वनि | ||
Scots Gaelic guth | ||
Sepedi lentšu | ||
Serbian глас | ||
Sesotho lentsoe | ||
Shona izwi | ||
Sindhi آواز | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) හඬ | ||
Slovak hlas | ||
Slovenian glas | ||
Somali cod | ||
Spanish voz | ||
Sundanese sora | ||
Swahili sauti | ||
Swedish röst | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) boses | ||
Tajik овоз | ||
Tamil குரல் | ||
Tatar тавыш | ||
Telugu వాయిస్ | ||
Thai เสียง | ||
Tigrinya ድምፂ | ||
Tsonga rito | ||
Turkish ses | ||
Turkmen ses | ||
Twi (Akan) ɛnne | ||
Ukrainian голос | ||
Urdu آواز | ||
Uyghur ئاۋاز | ||
Uzbek ovoz | ||
Vietnamese tiếng nói | ||
Welsh llais | ||
Xhosa ilizwi | ||
Yiddish קול | ||
Yoruba ohun | ||
Zulu izwi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Stem's Afrikaans definition includes 'vote' and is related to the 'throat' in an anatomical sense. |
| Albanian | "Zëri" (voice) is a word of Indo-European origin (from the Proto-Indo-European word *gʷʰers-, meaning "to perceive, sense") |
| Amharic | The word "ድምፅ" can also mean "sound" or "noise" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | "صوت" means either a loud, distinct sound in general or, specifically, the human ability to produce a variety of sound frequencies by means of vocal cords in the larynx |
| Armenian | The word "ձայն" (voice) in Armenian also refers to a note in music or a sound in general. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "səs" can also refer to a "sound" or a "noise" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | "Ahotsa" is also used to refer to the opinion of a group of people. |
| Bengali | The Sanskrit term "kantha" is found in "kanthasvara," which literally translates as "throat sound" or "sound produced from the throat." |
| Bosnian | The Bosnian word “glas” means “voice” and derives from the Proto-Slavic word “glosъ,” which also means “voice” or “speech”. |
| Bulgarian | The word "глас" in Bulgarian is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *golsъ, meaning "sound" or "noise". |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "veu" also carries the meaning of "opinion" or "position". |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "tingog" is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word "*taŋi" meaning "sound" or "noise". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 音声 is also used in Chinese to refer to speech recognition technology. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "語音" in Chinese can also mean "language" or "phonetics". |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "voce" can also mean "face" or "expression". |
| Croatian | In older Croatian texts, 'glas' sometimes referred to different languages or dialects. |
| Czech | The noun "hlas" (voice) comes from the Proto-Slavic verb "glusati" (to make a noise). |
| Danish | The Danish word "stemme" also means "vote", stemming from the archaic meaning of "to make oneself heard". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "stem" can also refer to a person or group holding a dominant position. |
| Estonian | The word "hääl" can also mean "vote" in Estonian, as in "oma hääle andmine" (to cast one's vote). |
| Finnish | The word "ääni" is related to the word "äänekäs" ("loud") and has an archaic meaning of "noise". |
| French | The French word "voix" originally meant "path" or "way", but later came to mean "voice". |
| Frisian | The word "lûd" in Frisian can also mean "sound" or "noise". |
| Galician | The word "voz" in Galician is derived from the Latin word "vox", which means "sound", and it can also refer to a vote, a message, or a speaker's authority. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "ხმა" ("voice") can also refer to a particular type of vocal style used in traditional Georgian folk music. |
| German | "Stimme" can also refer to a specific part of a piano, a vote in an election, and a tuning peg in music |
| Greek | The word 'φωνή' can also refer to 'sound,' 'speech,' 'language,' 'dialect,' 'accent,' or a 'musical note'. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "અવાજ" can also mean "sound", "noise", or "opinion". |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian, 'vwa' also means 'mouth'. |
| Hausa | The term "muryar rawa" or "muryar halittu" represents the phenomenon of echo or reverberation. |
| Hawaiian | The word "leo" also refers to the sound made by a bell, gong, or drum, and in certain contexts can mean "to sound" or "to ring". |
| Hebrew | The Biblical Hebrew word "קוֹל" also denotes "power" as in a "voice of thunder." |
| Hindi | The word 'आवाज़' can also mean 'sound' or 'noise'. |
| Hmong | In Hmong mythology, "lub suab" (voice) can refer to a spirit that can control or influence a person's speech or actions. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word for 'voice', 'hang', also means 'instrument' or 'sound'. |
| Icelandic | Rödd may also colloquially refer to the "right to vote" in the Alþingi (Icelandic parliament), which has historically been based on wealth rather than a popular vote, or a "share" in a fishing boat. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word |
| Indonesian | The word "suara" can also refer to a tone, a sound, or a noise. |
| Irish | The Old Irish word "gúth" could also mean "lip," which was considered the primary organ of speech in pre-Christian Celtic languages. |
| Italian | The Italian word "voce" originates from the Latin "vox," meaning both "voice" and "word." |
| Japanese | The word "ボイス" (voice) can also refer to a person's singing voice or to a particular vocal quality. |
| Javanese | Swara is a Javanese word with the same pronunciation as the Sanskrit word, meaning not only voice but also musical notes |
| Kannada | In Kannada, ಧ್ವನಿ (dhvani) also refers to a philosophical concept of resonance or suggestion beyond the literal meaning of words. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "дауыс" derives from the Proto-Turkic verb *tav- meaning "to speak, call, or utter." |
| Korean | The word '목소리' (voice) in Korean can also refer to a person's opinion or beliefs. |
| Kurdish | An alternative meaning of "deng" in Kurdish is "sound", as in the "sound of music". In Persian, "deng" means "drum". In Old and Middle English, "deng" refers to "noise", especially a loud, resonant, and disagreeable noise. |
| Kyrgyz | Kyrgyz word "үн" can also refer to a sound, a musical note or a melody. |
| Latin | In Latin, "vox" also means "will" or "opinion". |
| Latvian | The word "balss" in Latvian possibly derives from Proto-Balto-Slavic "balsas" or "galsas", meanings "sound," "din," "noise", or "rumor". |
| Lithuanian | In Lithuanian, the word "balsas" also refers to the resonance of a musical instrument or the sound produced by an animal. |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Stëmm" is related to the German "Stimme" and the English "stem". |
| Macedonian | "Глас" is often a poetic name for the rooster used metaphorically in folk songs. |
| Malagasy | The word "feon'ny" in Malagasy can also mean "speech" or "language." |
| Malay | The verb 'suara' also means to 'make a noise' in Malay. |
| Malayalam | The word "ശബ്ദം" also means "language" or "speech" in Malayalam. |
| Maltese | Derived from Arabic 'sawt', 'vuċi' has taken on a dual connotation, referring to a person's speech and their overall reputation. |
| Maori | In Maori, the word "reo" can also refer to language or dialect. |
| Marathi | In the Marathi language, "आवाज" can also mean "sound" or "noise." |
| Mongolian | The word |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "အသံ" also means "sound", "tone", or "language" |
| Nepali | In Sanskrit and Old Nepali "आवाज" referred to a call for help rather than a sound. |
| Norwegian | Stemme is a cognate of the English word “stammer,” referencing the physical action of creating sound. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "mawu" in Nyanja can also refer to a person's reputation or fame in the community. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "غږ" (voice) may also refer to the throat or to wind. |
| Persian | In Arabic, "ṣawt" (صوت) also means "cry," and in Syriac, it means "word," but it only means "voice" in Persian. |
| Polish | The word "głos" in Polish can also mean "vote". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Voz" is a homophone in Portuguese, meaning both "voice" and "the passive voice". |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਆਵਾਜ਼" (āvāz) is derived from the Persian word "آواز" (āvāz) and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *aw- "to call, speak". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "voce" can also mean "vote" |
| Russian | In Russian, "голос" (voice) was originally related to "говорить" (to speak) and meant "loud singing or shouting," but by the 19th century, it had become synonymous with "voice". |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "leo" can also mean "sound of a bell", "cry", or "roar". |
| Scots Gaelic | The element |
| Serbian | As the word |
| Shona | In Shona, the word 'izwi' also signifies a song or a musical instrument, reflecting the interconnectedness of voice, music, and expression within the culture. |
| Sindhi | The word "آواز" in Sindhi can also refer to a specific type of folk song or melody, similar to a ballad. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "හඬ" (voice) in Sinhala can also refer to a sound or noise made by a person or thing. |
| Slovak | The word "hlas" is thought to be derived from the Proto-Slavic root *gъlosъ, meaning "sound" or "noise". |
| Slovenian | The word "glas" in Slovenian is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*golso" and also means "vote" or "rumor". |
| Somali | In Somali, |
| Spanish | "Voz" derives from the Late Latin "vox, vocis" but also relates to the word "vote" as in a person's right to choose. |
| Sundanese | Sora is also used to refer to the sound of animals or the rustling of leaves. |
| Swahili | In Swahili, "sauti" can also refer to a person's reputation or the public opinion about them. |
| Swedish | While "röst" shares its etymology with "voice," its alternate meaning is "vote" |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "boses" can also refer to a person's tone of voice or their manner of speaking. |
| Tajik | "Овоз" (voice) is cognate with Persian آواز (āvāz, song) and comes from the Proto-Iranian root *√ā- “to sing, speak” |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "குரல்" can also refer to an expression of opinion or to a person of authority. |
| Telugu | In Telugu, "వాయిస్" can also refer to the act of speaking, a person's manner of speaking, or a particular sound or pitch. |
| Thai | The word "เสียง" also has homophonic meanings, including "bell, chime, and sound effect". |
| Turkish | The word "ses" in Turkish not only means "voice", but also "sound", "noise", and "vibration". |
| Ukrainian | The word "голос" also means "vote" in Ukrainian. |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "آواز" can also mean "sound" or "music" and is cognate with the Persian word "آواز" with the same meanings. |
| Uzbek | Uzbek "ovoz" derives from Persian "awaz" meaning both "voice" and "sound" and shares cognates with "vocal" in English and "voz" in Spanish. |
| Vietnamese | "Tiếng nói" can also mean "dialect" or "language" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | The word "llais" also refers to a tone or melody in Welsh traditional singing. |
| Xhosa | "Ilizwi (voice in isiXhosa) is derived from the verb "ukuzwa" (to hear), thus connecting it to the act of perceiving sound. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "קול" ("voice") can also mean "sound", "noise", "speech", or "rumour". |
| Yoruba | "Ohun" (voice) also refers to the Yoruba tonal language, the language spoken by the Yoruba people in Nigeria. |
| Zulu | In Zulu, the word 'izwi' also refers to a speaker, opinion, or authority. |
| English | The word 'voice' derives from the Latin 'vox', meaning 'sound' or 'cry' |