vocalize

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
22
Words With Friends
25
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈvoʊ.kə.laɪz/(US)

Definition of vocalize

6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. 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,[…]”
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verb

  1. 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,[…]”
  2. To produce noises or calls from the throat.
    “We could hear the monkeys vocalizing, though we could not see them.”
  3. To sing without using words.
  4. To turn a consonant into a vowel.
    “In Hong Kong English, /l/ may be vocalized at the end of a syllable.”
  5. (dated)To make a sound voiced rather than voiceless.
  6. To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew)

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs Proto-Italic *wōks Latin vōx Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? 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…

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs Proto-Italic *wōks Latin vōx Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? 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 *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English vocalize From vocal + -ize.

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