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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.
name
A singing voice synthesizer software product launched in 2004.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of vocaloid (“music created using voice synthesis software, such as Vocaloid”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, uncountable
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of vocaloid (“a voice synthesis software voicebank”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, countable
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noun
Any singing voice synthesis software.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
An artificial singer (a voicebank, usually with an avatar) based on the Vocaloid engine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
An artificial singer (a voicebank, usually with an avatar) based on the Vocaloid engine.
Any such artificial singer based on other singing voice synthesis software.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable
Qualifier: genericized trademark
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noun
Music that uses singing voice synthesizers (particularly those based on Vocaloid).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
A voice synthesis software voicebank, regardless of musicality and presentation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, proscribed, sometimes
Qualifier: genericized trademark
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History
From Japanese VOCALOID(ボーカロイド) (bōkaroido), from English vocal + -oid.
From Vocaloid, from Japanese VOCALOID(ボーカロイド) (bōkaroido), from English vocal + -oid.
