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vocalisms

vocalisms is the plural of vocalism.

Meaning of vocalism

Noun

vocalism (plural vocalisms)

  1. Speaking or singing.
    • The exciting vocalism of Leontyne Price1984 December 29, Charles Henry Fuller, “Music For The Holidays”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25
  2. The vowel sounds used in a language.
  3. The vowels, sequence of vowels, or the quality peculiar to the vowels of a given word or group of words.
    • All forms contain a base *θirr- or *θurr-. Types 1 and 2 [which contain *θirr] may have been influenced by θirri̯are 'to screech', suggesting that the forms with *θurr- preserve the original vocalism.2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 256

Questions about vocalisms

What is vocalisms the plural of?
Vocalisms is the plural of vocalism.

Words near vocalisms in the dictionary

  1. vocaliser
  2. vocalisers
  3. vocalises
  4. vocalising
  5. vocalism
  6. vocalisms
  7. vocalist
  8. vocalistic
  9. vocalists
  10. vocalities
  11. vocality

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