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Russian
Etymology
в- (v-) + пол- (pol-) + го́лоса (gólosa)
Pronunciation
Adverb
вполго́лоса • (vpolgólosa)
- sotto voce (quietly (of speech))
1893, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], “IX”, in Рассказ неизвестного человека; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., An Anonymous Story, 1917:На друго́й день но́вого го́да Зинаи́да Фёдоровна позвала́ меня́ в свою́ ко́мнату и сообщи́ла мне вполго́лоса, что у неё пропа́ло чёрное пла́тье.- Na drugój denʹ nóvovo góda Zinaída Fjódorovna pozvalá menjá v svojú kómnatu i soobščíla mne vpolgólosa, što u nejó propálo čórnoje plátʹje.
- On the day after New Year's Day, Zinaida Fyodorovna summoned me to her room and told me in a low voice that she missed her black dress.