Definitions for vocalise

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vocalise vo·ca·lise

Spelling: [voh-kuh-leez]

IPA: /ˌvoʊ kəˈliz/

Vocalise is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 397 anagrams from letters in vocalise (aceilosv).

Definitions for vocalise

noun

1. a musical composition consisting of the singing of melody with vowel sounds or nonsense syllables rather than text, as for special effect in classical compositions, in polyphonic jazz singing by special groups, or in virtuoso vocal exercises.
2. any such singing exercise or vocalized melody.

verb (used with object)

1. to make vocal; utter; articulate; sing.
2. to endow with a voice; cause to utter.
3. Phonetics. to voice. to change into a vowel (contrasted with consonantalize).
4. (of Hebrew, Arabic, and other writing systems that do not usually indicate vowels) to furnish with vowels or vowel points.

verb (used without object)

1. to use the voice, as in speech or song.
2. to sing without uttering words, especially to warm up the voice, practice vowel sounds, etc., before a performance.
3. to sing scales, arpeggios, trills, or the like, usually to a solmization syllable or a vowel sound.
4. Phonetics. to become changed into a vowel.

verb (used with or without object)

1. Chiefly British. vocalize.

Origin of vocalise

1870-75; French vocalise, apparently noun derivative of vocaliser to vocalize, with -ise taken as a noun suffix (see -ise²)

Examples for vocalise

These are followed by a vocalise or two, and a couple of songs or arias, which fill out the thirty minutes.

There are, I am aware, certain races who are unable to vocalise certain sounds and accordingly modify them.