vocalism

English

Etymology

From vocal +‎ -ism.

Noun

vocalism (plural vocalisms)

1. Speaking or singing.
   • 1984 December 29, Charles Henry Fuller, “Music For The Holidays”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25:

     The exciting vocalism of Leontyne Price

2. (linguistics) The vowel sounds used in a language.

Coordinate terms

• (vowel sounds used in a language): consonantism

Translations

The vowel sounds used in a language

• Armenian: ձայնավորում (hy) (jaynavorum)
• Finnish: vokaalisto
• French: vocalisme (fr) m
• German: Vokalismus (de) m
• Italian: vocalismo (it)
• Kyrgyz: обончулук (obonculuk)
• Polish: wokalizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: vocalismo (pt) m
• Romanian: vocalism (ro) n
• Russian: вокали́зм (ru) (vokalízm)
• Spanish: vocalismo

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vocalisme.

Noun

vocalism n (uncountable)

1. vocalism

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	vocalism	vocalismul
genitive-dative	vocalism	vocalismului
vocative	vocalismule