Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
une voix blanche
English translation:
in a toneless voice
French term
United Kingdom
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Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
une voix blanche
-Je n'irai pas en France, ni à Versailles ni ailleurs, déclara la jeune fille **d'une voix blanche**. Je veux rester à Venise auprès de toi.
- Carla, j'ai une funeste nouvelle à t'apprendre. (...)
La jeune fille sentit son sang se figer. Elle crut même que ses jambes allaient se dérober sous elle.
- Est-ce grave? demanda-t-elle **d'une voix blanche**.
-Je n'ai guère d'espoir. Je le crois mourant.
Apr 1, 2008 22:20: Ingeborg Gowans (X) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/76379">Rachel Ward's</a> old entry - "une voix blanche"" to ""in a toneless voice""
Proposed translations
in a toneless voice
in a toneless voice/in a quiet voice
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poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
a flat tone/voice
'meaning, intent, demeanor'
Native in: English (Variants: US, Canadian) 
, Spanish (Variants: Argentine, Venezuelan, Dominican, Mexican, US, Cuban, Canarian, Latin American, Puerto Rican, Costa Rican, Salvadoran)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English to French, and 4 more.
with a breath voice, a stomach voice
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Note added at 19 mins (2008-03-31 21:13:39 GMT)
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if it was adult context i'd say monotone
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Note added at 20 mins (2008-03-31 21:14:35 GMT)
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how about 'with a ROBOT-like" voice?
an expressionless voice
matter-of-factly
in a strangled voice/hoarsely/..., her voice barely audible
http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/voix_blanche
http://www.languefrancaise.net/glossaire/detail.php?id=34777&PHPSESSID=7335249df972c330e1
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