Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

How to say "voice" in Russian

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голос

Meaning: voice, vote, part

Pronunciation: [GOH-luhs]

Part of speech: noun (masculine noun)

Rank: #148 (see frequency list)

 Example sentences:
  • Я слы́шу же́нский го́лос.
  • I hear a female voice.
  • У тебя́ прия́тный го́лос.
  • You have a nice voice. (informal)
  • Он отда́л свой го́лос за пе́рвого кандида́та.
  • He cast his vote for the first candidate.
  • В па́рке слышны́ голоса́ птиц.
  • The birds' voices are heard in the park.
  • У него́ пропа́л го́лос.
  • He lost his voice.
  • Гра́ждане Росси́и имею́т пра́во го́лоса.
  • The citizens of Russia have the right to vote.
  • Кандида́ту ва́жен ка́ждый го́лос.
  • Every vote is important for the candidate.
  • Де́ти повтори́ли за учи́телем в оди́н го́лос.
  • Children unanimously repeated after the teacher.
  • Судья́ повы́сил го́лос.
  • The judge raised his voice.
  • Они испо́лнили пе́сню для двух голосо́в.
  • They performed a two-part song.
  •  literal  They performed a song for two voices.


 Idioms and set expressions:
  • во весь голос = at the top of one’s voice
      literal  in all voice
  • право голоса = the right to vote
  • повысить голос = to raise one's voice
  • поднять голос = to raise one's voice
  • в один голос = unanimously, with one voice
      literal  in one voice
  • во весь голос = at the top of one's voice
 Proverbs and sayings:
  • Мал соловей, да голосом велик.
  • Little pigeons can carry great messages.
  •  literal  A nightingale is small, but the voice is great.
 Other forms of the word (declensions):
Case Singular Plural
Nominativeго́лосголоса́
Genitiveго́лосаголосо́в
Dativeго́лосуголоса́м
Accusativeго́лосголоса́
Instrumentalго́лосомголоса́ми
Prepositionalго́лосеголоса́х
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Word recordings: Copyright(c) 2006 Streit Goulnara, Streit Eric, Vion Nicolas. Copyright(c) 2007 S. Sakhno, N. Vion. Distributed under CC-BY.



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