Semantics

Голос у Марии был недовольный, ворчливый. Maria's voice was disgruntled and querulous.
This entry is concerned with the use of the word голос to refer to the voice of someone speaking. The word голос is also used to refer to the voice of a singer. This usage is described in a different entry. Other meanings — "one of several parts of a piece of music" (романс для двух голосов "a romance for two voices"), "an inner command" (голос совести "the voice of conscience," голос рассудка "the voice of reason"), "vote," etc. — are not described in this dictionary.