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voiced

voiced In this historical linguistic sense, voiced means having the sound quality exemplified by d rather than a voiceless sound such as s.

In this historical linguistic sense, voiced means having the sound quality exemplified by d rather than a voiceless sound such as s. The term appears in describing assimilation, where one neighboring sound takes on the voiced character of another.