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vocalization en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /voʊk(ə)l(a)ɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ (US)
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• /vəʊk(ə)lʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ (Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs Proto-Italic *wōks Latin vōx Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin vōcālisbor. Middle English vocal English vocal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English vocalize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English vocalization From vocalize + -ation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of vocalizing or something vocalized; a vocal utterance
2. (countable, uncountable) Any specific mode of utterance; pronunciation
3. (countable, uncountable) The use of speech to express an idea
4. (countable, uncountable) The production of communication sounds with the syrinx or larynx (in tetrapods) or with the swim bladder (in fish)
5. (countable, uncountable) The production of musical sounds using the voice, especially as an exercise
6. (countable, uncountable) The vowel diacritics in certain scripts, like Hebrew and Arabic, which are not normally written, but which are used in dictionaries, children's books, religious texts and textbooks for learners.
7. (countable, uncountable) The addition of these diacritics and the respective phonemes to a word; the spoken form the word thereby receives.
8. (countable, uncountable) The change in pronunciation of historically or variably consonant (typically sonorant) sounds as vowels. For example, the syllabic /l/ in words like people or the coda one in words like cold or coal are variably realized as a high back vowel or glide—[ʊ], [u], [ɤ] or [o]—in many dialects of English in the US, UK, and the Southern Hemisphere. For example, in African American Vernacular English, one common pronunciation of the words "people", "cold", and "coal" is [pʰipʊ], [kʰoɤd], or [kʰoɤ] respectively.

Forms

Deriveds

prevocalization · subvocalization · vocalizational · devocalization · intervocalization · l-vocalization · misvocalization

Relateds

vocalize

Synonyms

tashkil · nikud · vowelization

Translations (57)

ru некудо́т (supplying the vowels (diacritics), e.g. Arabic and Hebrew) · cmn 母音符號 /母音符号 (supplying the vowels (diacritics), e.g. Arabic and Hebrew) · hu ejtés (specific mode of utterance) · ar تَشْكِيل (supplying the vowels (diacritics), e.g. Arabic and Hebrew) · fr vocalisation (act of vocalizing or something vocalized) · de Vokalisierung (supplying the vowels (diacritics), e.g. Arabic and Hebrew) · ja シャクル (supplying the vowels (diacritics), e.g. Arabic and Hebrew) · ru вокализа́ция (supplying the vowels (diacritics), e.g. Arabic and Hebrew) · ar لَفْظ (specific mode of utterance) · hu vokalizálás (production of musical sound) · ar نَطْق (specific mode of utterance) · cmn 母音化 (supplying the vowels (diacritics), e.g. Arabic and Hebrew) · ru ташки́ль (supplying the vowels (diacritics), e.g. Arabic and Hebrew) · es vocalización (production of musical sound) · ja 発声 (act of vocalizing or something vocalized) · he חַרַכָּאת (supplying the vowels (diacritics), e.g. Arabic and Hebrew) · hu artikulálás (use of speech to express an idea) · nl vocalisering (supplying the vowels (diacritics), e.g. Arabic and Hebrew) · es vocalización (act of vocalizing or something vocalized) · cmn 元音符號 /元音符号 (supplying the vowels (diacritics), e.g. Arabic and Hebrew) · fr vocalisation (supplying the vowels (diacritics), e.g. Arabic and Hebrew) · ru вокализа́ция (use of speech to express an idea) · hu szavakba öntés (use of speech to express an idea) · ja 発声 (specific mode of utterance) · hu ejtésmód (specific mode of utterance) · hu pontok kitétele (supplying the vowels (diacritics), e.g. Arabic and Hebrew) · hu magánhangzóvá alakítás (phonology: the change in pronunciation of historically or variably consonant (typically sonorant) sounds as vowels) · hu artikuláció (specific mode of utterance) · hu kifejezés (use of speech to express an idea) · ru вокализа́ция (act of vocalizing or something vocalized) · ru произноше́ние (specific mode of utterance) · nl vocalisatie (supplying the vowels (diacritics), e.g. Arabic and Hebrew) · hu magánhangzós/magánhangzókénti ejtés (phonology: the change in pronunciation of historically or variably consonant (typically sonorant) sounds as vowels) · ru интона́ция (specific mode of utterance) · hu hangzó megnyilatkozás (use of speech to express an idea) · hu kimondás (use of speech to express an idea) · he ניקוד (supplying the vowels (diacritics), e.g. Arabic and Hebrew) · ca vocalització (act of vocalizing or something vocalized) · hu éneklés (production of musical sound) · ca vocalització (specific mode of utterance) · ja 母音記号 (supplying the vowels (diacritics), e.g. Arabic and Hebrew) · ar غِنَاء (production of musical sound) · cmn 發聲法 /发声法 (specific mode of utterance) · es vocalización (specific mode of utterance) · hu dúdolás (production of musical sound) · hu magánhangzósítás (phonology: the change in pronunciation of historically or variably consonant (typically sonorant) sounds as vowels) · hu kiejtés (specific mode of utterance) · cmn 發聲 /发声 (act of vocalizing or something vocalized) · ja 音声化 (supplying the vowels (diacritics), e.g. Arabic and Hebrew) · cmn 母音記號 /母音记号 (supplying the vowels (diacritics), e.g. Arabic and Hebrew) · ru вокализа́ция (production of musical sound) · de Vokalisation (supplying the vowels (diacritics), e.g. Arabic and Hebrew) · ru харака́т (supplying the vowels (diacritics), e.g. Arabic and Hebrew) · hu hangadás (act of vocalizing or something vocalized) · ru огласо́вка (supplying the vowels (diacritics), e.g. Arabic and Hebrew) · de Vokalisierung (act of vocalizing or something vocalized) · ca vocalització (production of musical sound)