vocalize
/V OW1 K AH0 L AY0 Z/verb
- 1
To express with the voice, to utter.
- 2
(of animals) To produce noises or calls from the throat.
“We could hear the monkeys vocalizing, though we could not see them.”
- 3
To sing without using words.
- 4
To turn a consonant into a vowel.
“In Hong Kong English, /l/ may be vocalized at the end of a syllable.”
- 5
To make a sound voiced rather than voiceless.
- 6
To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew)
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