vocalize
English
/ˈvoʊ.kə.laɪz/
verb
Definitions
- To express with the voice, to utter.
- (of animals) To produce noises or calls from the throat.
- (music) To sing without using words.
- (linguistics) To turn a consonant into a vowel.
- (linguistics) To make a sound voiced rather than voiceless.
- (linguistics) To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew)
Etymology
Suffix from English vocal.
Origin
English
vocal
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- audiovocal English
- bivocal English
- cricovocal English
- devocalize English
- nonvocal English
- polyvocal English
- semivocal English
- subvocal English
- subvocalize English
- subvocalizer English
- unvocal English
- vocal English
- vocal tract English
- vocalese English
- vocalise English
- vocalism English
- vocalist English
- vocalistic English
- vocality English
- vocalizer English
- vocally English
- vocalness English
- vocoid English
- vōcālis Latin
- ボーカル Japanese
- vocal Old French
- vokali Swahili