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Noun Concept
Categories: Phonetics
EN
whisper  whispering  susurration  voicelessness  Low voice
EN
Speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords WordNet 3.0
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Speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Whispering is an unvoiced mode of phonation in which the vocal cords are abducted so that they do not vibrate; air passes between the arytenoid cartilages to create audible turbulence during speech. Wikipedia
Sound produced by whispering. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Unvoiced mode of phonation Wikidata
The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially, without vibration of the vocal cords. Wiktionary
Act of speaking in a quiet voice. Wiktionary (translation)
EN
I spoke in a near whisper. Wiktionary
IS A
speaking
speech
HAS KIND
stage whisper
Bulong
DERIVATION
susurrate
whisper
unvoiced
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
whisper, whispering, susurration, voicelessness
Wikipedia
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whispering
Wikidata
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whispering
Wiktionary
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whisper
Wikipedia Redirections
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Low voice, Stage-whisper, Stage whispering, Susurrus, Vox parva, whisper, whispered phonation
Wikidata Alias
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whisper

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