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vocal_cord

vocal cord

English

Noun

vocal cord ‎(plural vocal cords)

(anatomy) Either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane stretched horizontally across the human larynx whose vibrations help to produce the voice.

Synonyms

vocal band
vocal fold
plica vocalis

Derived terms

false vocal cord
true vocal cord

Translations

folds of mucous membrane

Chinese:

Cantonese: 聲帶, 声带 ‎(seng¹ daai³)

Mandarin: 聲帶 (zh), 声带 (zh) ‎(shēngdài)

Min Nan: 聲帶 (zh-min-nan), 声带 ‎(siaⁿ-tòa)
Czech: hlasivka f
Danish: stemmebånd
Dutch: stemband (nl) m
Finnish: äänihuuli (fi)
French: corde vocale (fr) f
German: Stimmband (de) n

Greenlandic: nipiliuut
Japanese: 声帯 ‎(せいたい, seitai)
Korean: 성대 (ko) ‎(seongdae) (聲帶)
Latvian: balss saite f
Norwegian: stämmebånd n
Nynorsk: stämmeband, røsteband n, røstband n
Polish: struna głosowa (pl) f
Portuguese: corda vocal f
Romanian: coardă vocală (ro) f
Russian: голосова́я свя́зка f ‎(golosovája svjázka)
Spanish: cuerda vocal f
Swedish: stämband (sv) n, stämläpp c, stämläppe c

See also

glottis
vocal fold
vocal ligament