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vocal_cords

vocal cords

English

Alternative forms

vocal chords (nonstandard)

Noun

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 ‎(ʾaḥbāl ṣawtiyya)
Egyptian Arabic: احبال صوتية f pl ‎(aḥbāl ṣawṭeya)
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: hlasivky f pl
Dutch: stembanden (nl) m pl
Esperanto: voĉkordoj pl
Finnish: äänihuulet pl
French: cordes vocales (fr) f pl
German: Stimmbänder (de) n pl

Greek: φωνητικές χορδές (el) f pl ‎(fonitikés chordés)
Greenlandic: nipiliuut
Ido: vocala kordi
Italian: corde vocali f pl
Japanese: 声帯 ‎(せいたい, seitai)
Korean: 성대 (ko) ‎(seongdae) (聲帶)
Latvian: balss saites
Okinawan: 喉弦 ‎(ぬーでぃーじる, nūdījiru)
Portuguese: cordas vocais f pl
Romanian: coarde vocale f pl
Russian: голосовы́е свя́зки f pl ‎(golosovýje svjázki)
Spanish: cuerdas vocales f
Tagalog: tinigang-bagting

References

Oxford University Press article