🇬🇧 en fr 🇫🇷

vocal adjective

  /ˈvoʊ.kəl/ , /ˈvəʊ.kəl/
  • (phonetics) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng.
 vocal

vocalize verb

  /ˈvoʊ.kə.laɪz/
  • To express with the voice, to utter.
  • (of animals) To produce noises or calls from the throat.
 vocaliser

vocalization noun

  /voʊk(ə)l(a)ɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ , /vəʊk(ə)lʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/
  • The act of vocalizing or something vocalized; a vocal utterance
  • (orthography, phonology) The addition of these diacritics and the respective phonemes to a word; the spoken form the word thereby receives.
 vocalisation

vocalic adjective

  /voʊˈkælɪk/ , /vəʊˈkælɪk/
  • Pertaining to a vowel.
 vocalique

vocalism noun

  • (linguistics) The vowel sounds used in a language.
 vocalisme
Wiktionary Links