vocal cords

Noun

 * 1)  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

 * Arabic: اَوْتَار صَوْتِيَّة, أَحْبَال صَوْتِيَّة
 * Egyptian Arabic: احبال صوتية
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 聲帶
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: voĉkordoj
 * Finnish: äänihuulet
 * French:
 * Galician: cordas vocais
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Greenlandic: nipiliuut
 * Ido: vocala kordi
 * Irish: téada an ghutha
 * Italian: corde vocali
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: balss saites
 * Malay: pita suara
 * Okinawan: 喉弦
 * Polish: struny głosowe
 * Portuguese: cordas vocais
 * Romanian: coarde vocale
 * Russian: голосовы́е свя́зки
 * Spanish: cuerdas vocales
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tinigang-bagting, babagtingang tinig
 * Ukrainian: голосові́ зв'я́зки