verb🔗ShareTo express with the voice, to utter."The baby was vocalizing, making cooing and gurgling sounds. "communicationlanguagesoundhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(of animals) To produce noises or calls from the throat."We could hear the monkeys vocalizing, though we could not see them."animalsoundbiologyphysiologycommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo sing without using words."The singer was vocalizing beautifully, creating a melody with only "oohs" and "aahs." "musicentertainmentsoundactionlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo turn a consonant into a vowel."In Hong Kong English, /l/ may be vocalized at the end of a syllable."phoneticslanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo make a sound voiced rather than voiceless."The baby was vocalizing happily, making cooing sounds. "soundlanguagephoneticscommunicationphysiologylinguisticsbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew)"The Hebrew teacher spent the afternoon vocalizing the ancient Torah scroll, carefully adding the niqqud (vowel points) to ensure correct pronunciation. "languagewritinglinguisticsphoneticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareVocalization"The baby's vocalizing consisted mainly of coos and gurgles. "physiologysoundcommunicationlanguagelinguisticsbodyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
