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vocalic

/vəʊˈkælɪk/US/voʊˈkælɪk/

vocalic adjective: pertaining to a vowel.

Adjective

vocalic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a vowel.

vocalic meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

vocalic in Tamil

உயிர் ஒலி சார்ந்த

vocalic in Indonesian

used as a vowel
vokalis

Origin of vocalic

Borrowed from French vocalique, from vocal + -ique.

Words formed from vocalic

Phrases with vocalic

Questions about vocalic

What does vocalic mean?
Vocalic means pertaining to a vowel.
What is vocalic in Tamil?
Vocalic in Tamil is உயிர் ஒலி சார்ந்த. See Vocalic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is vocalic?
Vocalic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce vocalic?
Vocalic is pronounced /vəʊˈkælɪk/ (UK).

Words near vocalic in the dictionary

  1. vocal tract
  2. vocal tracts
  3. vocales
  4. vocalese
  5. vocaleses
  6. vocalic
  7. vocalic consonant
  8. vocalic consonants
  9. vocalic R
  10. vocalic Rs
  11. vocalically

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: vocalic (page history and authors); vocalic (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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