Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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verb
To form (words or statements) in thought and express them inwardly without uttering them aloud.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
articulate without making audible sounds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: subvocalise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- 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 English subvocalize From sub- + vocalize.
