vocal cords

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English

Alternative forms

vocal chords (nonstandard)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vocal cords

vocal cords pl (plural only)

(chiefly in the plural) Two folds of tissue located in the larynx that vibrate when air passes over them, producing the sound waves associated with talking and singing.

Usage notes

The singular vocal cord is rare

Translations

folds of tissue

Arabic: اَوْتَار صَوْتِيَّة f pl (awtār ṣawtiyya), أَحْبَال صَوْتِيَّة f pl (ʔaḥbāl ṣawtiyya)
Egyptian Arabic: احبال صوتية f pl (aḥbāl ṣawṭeya)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 聲帶／声带 (seng¹ daai³)

Hokkien: 聲帶／声带 (zh-min-nan) (siaⁿ-tòa)

Mandarin: 聲帶／声带 (zh) (shēngdài)
Czech: hlasivky (cs) f pl
Dutch: stembanden (nl) m pl
Esperanto: voĉkordoj pl
Finnish: äänihuulet pl
French: cordes vocales (fr) f pl
Galician: cordas vocais f pl
German: Stimmbänder (de) n pl
Greek: φωνητικές χορδές (el) f pl (fonitikés chordés)
Greenlandic: nipiliuut
Ido: vocala kordi
Irish: téada an ghutha f pl
Italian: corde vocali f pl
Japanese: 声帯 (ja) (せいたい, seitai)
Korean: 성대(聲帶) (ko) (seongdae)
Latvian: balss saites
Malay: pita suara
Okinawan: 喉弦 (ぬーでぃーじる, nūdījiru)
Polish: struny głosowe f pl
Portuguese: cordas vocais f pl
Romanian: coarde vocale f pl
Russian: голосовы́е свя́зки f pl (golosovýje svjázki)
Spanish: cuerdas vocales f
Swedish: stämband (sv) n
Tagalog: tinigang-bagting, babagtingang tinig
Ukrainian: голосові́ зв'я́зки f pl (holosoví zvʺjázky)

References

Oxford University Press article

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