vocalize en · VERB
Pronunciation
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 From vocal + -ize.
Meanings
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To express with the voice, to utter.
Following the modern spirit, the real poems of the present, ever solidifying and expanding into the future, must vocalize the vastness and splendor and reality with which scientism has invested man and the universe,[…]
1876, Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, preface to the 1876 edition:
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(of animals) To produce noises or calls from the throat.
We could hear the monkeys vocalizing, though we could not see them.
- To sing without using words.
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To turn a consonant into a vowel.
In Hong Kong English, /l/ may be vocalized at the end of a syllable.
- (dated) To make a sound voiced rather than voiceless.
- To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew)
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| vocalise | alternative | lexicographic | |
| vocalized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| vocalized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| vocalizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| vocalizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Deriveds
vocalization · misvocalize · vocalizer · devocalize · subvocalize
Synonyms
outspeak (of humans)
Translations (20)
bg изпълнявам вокали (music: to sing without using words) · hu vokalizál (of animals: to produce noises or calls from the throat) · hu artikulál (to express with the voice, to utter) · hu hangot ad (ki) (of animals: to produce noises or calls from the throat) · ar شَكَلَ (linguistics: to add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew)) · hu dúdolgat (music: to sing without using words) · bg произнасям гласно (to express with the voice, to utter) · hu énekel (music: to sing without using words) · hu lalázik (music: to sing without using words) · hu zöngésít ((dated in English) linguistics: to make a sound voiced rather than voiceless) · hu magánhangzósít (linguistics: to turn a consonant into a vowel) · hu vokalizál (linguistics: to turn a consonant into a vowel) · hu kimond (to express with the voice, to utter) · hu pontokat kiteszi (linguistics: to add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew)) · hu szavakba önt (to express with the voice, to utter) · hu magánhangzóvá alakít (linguistics: to turn a consonant into a vowel) · hu dúdol (music: to sing without using words) · hu kiejt (to express with the voice, to utter) · pt vocalizar (to express with the voice, to utter) · pt vocalizar (of animals: to produce noises or calls from the throat)