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vocales

US/voʊˈkeɪˌliz/

vocales is the plural of vocalis.

Meaning of vocalis

Noun

vocalis (plural vocales)

  1. A triangular band of muscle that is the medial part of the thyroarytenoid muscle, originates in the lamina of the thyroid cartilage, and inserts into the vocal process of the arytenoid cartilage; it lies parallel with the vocal ligament to which it is adherent and modulates the tension of the true vocal cords.

Words that rhyme with vocales

Questions about vocales

What is vocales the plural of?
Vocales is the plural of vocalis.
How do you pronounce vocales?
Vocales is pronounced /voʊˈkeɪˌliz/ (US).

Words near vocales in the dictionary

  1. vocal minority
  2. vocal sac
  3. vocal sacs
  4. vocal tract
  5. vocal tracts
  6. vocales
  7. vocalese
  8. vocaleses
  9. vocalic
  10. vocalic consonant
  11. vocalic consonants

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vocales (page history and authors); vocalis (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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