English Explanatory Dictionary

vocality

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality or degree of being vocal.
  2. The quality of being a vowel; vocalic character.

Word forms

vocality vocalities

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs Proto-Italic *wōks Latin vōx Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin vōcālisbor. Middle English vocal English vocal Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English vocality From vocal + -ity. Compare Latin vocalitas (“euphony”).

Derived words

polyvocality
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