devocalise
devocalise is the alternative form of devocalize.
Meaning of devocalize
Verb
devocalize (third-person singular simple present devocalizes, present participle devocalizing, simple past and past participle devocalized)
- To make toneless; to deprive of vowel quality.
- If we take a high vowel […] and devocalise it, we obtain a hiss […]1877, Henry Sweet, A Handbook of Phonetics
- To reduce the volume of the vocalizations of (an animal) by surgically removing tissue from its vocal cords.
- To remove the vocals of a song with an AI program creating a false instrumental with imperfections (vocal shadows).
Forms of devocalise
| third-person singular present | devocalises |
|---|---|
| present participle | devocalising |
| past participle | devocalised |
| past | devocalised |
Origin of devocalise
From de- + vocalise.
Questions about devocalise
- What is devocalise the alternative form of?
- Devocalise is the alternative form of devocalize.
Words near devocalise in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: devocalise (page history and authors); devocalize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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