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vocaloid

/ˈvoʊkəloɪd/

vocaloid noun: an artificial singer (a voicebank, usually with an avatar) based on the Vocaloid engine.

Noun (1)

vocaloid (countable and uncountable, plural vocaloids)

  1. (countable) An artificial singer (a voicebank, usually with an avatar) based on the Vocaloid engine.
    • Vocaloid producers often own multiple vocaloids and use them together in a single song.
    1. (proscribed, sometimes, genericized trademark) Any such artificial singer based on other singing voice synthesis software.
      • Kasane Teto is my favourite vocaloid!
  2. (uncountable) Music that uses singing voice synthesizers (particularly those based on Vocaloid).
    • I love listening to vocaloid.
  3. (countable, proscribed, sometimes, genericized trademark) A voice synthesis software voicebank, regardless of musicality and presentation.
    • It was too expensive to hire voice actors for every employee training video, so now we use a vocaloid for the voiceover instead.

Proper noun capitalized: Vocaloid

Vocaloid

  1. A singing voice synthesizer software product launched in 2004.

Noun (2) capitalized: Vocaloid

Vocaloid (countable and uncountable, plural Vocaloids)

  1. (uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of vocaloid (“music created using voice synthesis software, such as Vocaloid”).
  2. (countable) Alternative letter-case form of vocaloid (“a voice synthesis software voicebank”).
  3. (countable) Any singing voice synthesis software.

Forms of vocaloid

pluralvocaloids
alternative formVocaloid
pluralVocaloids

Origin of vocaloid

From Vocaloid, from Japanese VOCALOID(ボーカロイド) (bōkaroido), from English vocal + -oid.

From Japanese VOCALOID(ボーカロイド) (bōkaroido), from English vocal + -oid.

Words formed from vocaloid

Questions about vocaloid

What does vocaloid mean?
Vocaloid means an artificial singer (a voicebank, usually with an avatar) based on the Vocaloid engine.
What part of speech is vocaloid?
Vocaloid can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce vocaloid?
Vocaloid is pronounced /ˈvoʊkəloɪd/.
What is the plural of vocaloid?
The plural of vocaloid is vocaloids.

Words near vocaloid in the dictionary

  1. vocalizings
  2. vocaller
  3. vocallers
  4. vocally
  5. vocalness
  6. vocaloid
  7. vocaloids
  8. vocals
  9. vocamine
  10. vocant
  11. vocants

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vocaloid (page history and authors); Vocaloid (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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