vocalese
nounEtymology
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 *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English vocalese From vocal + -ese.
- derived from -eys English -ese English vocalese From vocal + -ese
- derived from *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin vōcālisbor✻
- derived from *wekʷ-der✻
Definitions
Jazz singing genre where the lyrics are written to melodies that were originally parts of…
Jazz singing genre where the lyrics are written to melodies that were originally parts of an all-instrumental composition or improvisation.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for vocalese. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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