VOCALISM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract

Example:

the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations

Synonyms:

phonation; vocalisation; vocalism; vocalization; voice; vox

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("vocalism" is a kind of...):

communication (something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vocalism"):

singing voice (the musical quality of the voice while singing)

sprechgesang; sprechstimme (a style of dramatic vocalization between singing and speaking)

voice over (the voice on an unseen commentator in a film of television program)

Derivation:

vocalist (a person who sings)

Meaning:

The system of vowels used in a particular language

Synonyms:

vocalism; vowel system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("vocalism" is a kind of...):

phonemic system (the system of phonemes recognized in a language)