French Conversation · Level 10
88 words
French word
voix
Pronunciation
IPA/vwa/
Meaning
- feminine nounvoice
Example
J'ai entendu sa voix hier.
I heard her voice yesterday.
More examples
Après avoir beaucoup parlé, il a perdu la voix.
After talking a lot, he lost his voice.
Core concept
The audible line produced by a speaker or singer, also serving as a person's expressed choice or a separate part in music.
Common phrases
perdre la voix
lose one's voice
hausser la voix
raise one's voice
parler à voix basse
speak in a low voice
Similar words
intonation: The pattern of pitch in speech that conveys meaning or emotion.
parole: Language expressed in spoken words.
son: Any audible sound.
accent: Regional characteristics in pronunciation or wording.
Definition in French
Le son distinctif produit par la respiration et les cordes vocales lors de la parole ou du chant ; par extension, l'expression d'une opinion (vote) et une voix dans une partition musicale.
Word origin
French voix inherited the core sense of Latin vox through Old French, while its vote and musical senses arose from the idea of an expressed vocal line.
Usage tips
- The fixed expression perdre la voix means to lose the ability to speak audibly, and voix takes the feminine article la in this phrase.