vocalize

About 0.11 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To express with the voice, to utter.
2. verb To produce noises or calls from the throat.

   We could hear the monkeys vocalizing, though we could not see them.

3. verb To sing without using words.
4. verb To turn a consonant into a vowel.

   In Hong Kong English, /l/ may be vocalized at the end of a syllable.

5. verb To make a sound voiced rather than voiceless.
6. verb To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew)

Similar words

enunciate articulate voice vowelize sound phonate intone give voice deliver verbalize

Often followed by

the in their and to more a at or

Word family

vocalization vocalizations vocalized vocalizer vocalizers vocalizes vocalizing