verb
Meaning 1
To express with the voice, to utter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
vocalize
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
Pronunciation
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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US: /ˈvoʊ.kə.laɪz/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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CMU ARPABET: V OW1 K AH0 L AY2 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To produce noises or calls from the throat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- We could hear the monkeys vocalizing, though we could not see them.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To sing without using words.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To turn a consonant into a vowel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Examples
- In Hong Kong English, /l/ may be vocalized at the end of a syllable.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To make a sound voiced rather than voiceless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
utter speech sounds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vocalise, phonate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
verb
Meaning 8
utter with vibrating vocal chords
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: voice, sound, vocalise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
Narrower terms: chirk, quaver, waver
verb
Meaning 9
express or state clearly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: articulate, enunciate, vocalise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: state, say, tell
verb
Meaning 10
pronounce as a vowel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- between two consonants, this liquid is vowelized
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vocalise, vowelize, vowelise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
verb
Meaning 11
sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vocalise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sing
History
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 *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English vocalize From vocal + -ize.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: произнасям гласно (proiznasjam glasno) — to express with the voice, to utter
- Hungarian: kiejt — to express with the voice, to utter
- Hungarian: kimond — to express with the voice, to utter
- Hungarian: szavakba önt — to express with the voice, to utter
- Hungarian: artikulál — to express with the voice, to utter
- Portuguese: vocalizar — to express with the voice, to utter
- Hungarian: vokalizál — of animals: to produce noises or calls from the throat
- Hungarian: hangot ad (ki) — of animals: to produce noises or calls from the throat
- Portuguese: vocalizar — of animals: to produce noises or calls from the throat
- Bulgarian: изпълнявам вокали (izpǎlnjavam vokali) — music: to sing without using words
- Hungarian: énekel — music: to sing without using words
- Hungarian: dúdol — music: to sing without using words
- Hungarian: dúdolgat — music: to sing without using words
- Hungarian: lalázik — music: to sing without using words
- Hungarian: magánhangzóvá alakít — linguistics: to turn a consonant into a vowel
- Hungarian: magánhangzósít — linguistics: to turn a consonant into a vowel
- Hungarian: vokalizál — linguistics: to turn a consonant into a vowel
- Hungarian: zöngésít — (dated in English) linguistics: to make a sound voiced rather than voiceless
- Arabic: شَكَلَ (šakala) — linguistics: to add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew)
- Hungarian: pontokat kiteszi — linguistics: to add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew)