VOCALIZATION


Meaning of VOCALIZATION in English

ˌvōkələ̇ˈzāshən, -əˌlīˈz- noun

( -s )

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary vocalize + -ation

1. : the act or process of vocalizing: as

a. : utterance with the voice

among the anthropoids, vocalization seems … to serve social purposes — Weston La Barre

b. : the change of a consonant to a vowel

the vocalization of g in Old English plegere to y in player

2.

a. : a reading with the vowels supplied sometimes conjecturally of a word originally written (as in Hebrew or Arabic with only consonants : a vocalized form of a word in a consonantal text

prefers Yahweh to Jehovah as the vocalization of the Hebrew tetragrammaton Yhwh

b. : the insertion of vowels (as in reading or writing script customarily written only with consonants)

the first step toward the vocalization of the text had appeared in the use of … vowel letters — W.A.Jeffery

c. : a manner or system of vocalizing

fix the Hebrew vocalization … in consonance with the traditional pronunciation — William Chomsky

3. : an instance or product of vocalizing

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.