vocalization
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 *-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 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.
- derived from -ationbor
- derived from -iserbor
- derived from -izōder
- derived from *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin vōcālisbor✻
- derived from *wekʷ-der✻
Definitions
The act of vocalizing or something vocalized
The act of vocalizing or something vocalized; a vocal utterance
Any specific mode of utterance
Any specific mode of utterance; pronunciation
The use of speech to express an idea
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The production of communication sounds with the syrinx or larynx (in tetrapods) or with…
The production of communication sounds with the syrinx or larynx (in tetrapods) or with the swim bladder (in fish)
The production of musical sounds using the voice, especially as an exercise
The vowel diacritics in certain scripts, like Hebrew and Arabic, which are not normally…
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.
The addition of these diacritics and the respective phonemes to a word
The addition of these diacritics and the respective phonemes to a word; the spoken form the word thereby receives.
The change in pronunciation of historically or variably consonant (typically sonorant)…
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.
The neighborhood
- synonymvowelization
- synonymtashkil
- synonymnikud
- neighborvocalize
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at vocalization. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at vocalization. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at vocalization
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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