vocalisation

Other forms of vocalisation

plural

vocalisations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about vocalisation

What does vocalisation mean?

vocalisation means "the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract".

How many syllables are in vocalisation?

vocalisation has 6 syllables: vo-ca-li-sa-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for vocalisation?

Close synonyms include voice, vocalization, vocalism, phonation, vox. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vocalisation a common word?

vocalisation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.