Describing a consonant sound that has had its vocal cord vibration removed, making it sound unvoiced or whispered.
Past participle of devoice, used as an adjective in phonetic and linguistic analysis.
A devoiced 'b' sounds almost like a 'p'—the only difference is that little bit of vocal cord vibration, yet your brain hears them as completely different letters!
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