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Definitions: Vocalic |
VocalicAdjective1. Being or containing or characterized by vowels; "vocalic sounds"; "the Gaelic language being uncommonly vocalic"- Walter Scott. 2. Relating to or associated with or containing a vowel; "vocalic segments"; "the vocalic ablaut". 3. (phonology) of liquids and nasals. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "vocalic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references) |
Etymology: Vocalic \Vo*cal"ic\, adjective. [Latin expression vocalis (sc. littera) vowel. See Vocal,]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: VocalicSynonym: syllabic (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: consonantal (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Vocalic |
| English words defined with "vocalic": Vocalism, Vocality. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Vocalic" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Romanian (vocalic). |
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Ending with "vocalic": post-vocalic, pre-vocalic. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
r vocalic | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "vocalic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zanor (phonic, sonic, vocal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مؤلف من حروف علة, على (across, at, below, causal, exalt, in, lift, onto, to, upon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | гласен (vocal), богат с гласни. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | samohláskový (vowel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | vocalique (vowel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vokalisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φωνήεντων. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | magánhangzóban bõvelkedõ, hangzó (acoustic, acoustical, sonant, soniferous, sonorous, sounding, vocal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | vocalico (vowel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 母音性 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぼい"せい. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | gooagh (loquacious, sonant, vocal, voiced, wordy), coraagh (vocal, voiced), breeocklagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ocalicvay vogal (vowel), vocálico (phone, vocal). (various references) vocalic. (various references) гласный звук (vowel), гласный (public). (various references) vokalan (vocal), samoglasnički. (various references) vocálico. (various references) sesli harfi çok olan, sesli harf ile ilgili. (various references) голосний (deep-mouthed, vowel), вокальний. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "vocalic": vocalically, vocalics. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "vocalic": intervocalic, postvocalic, prevocalic. (additional references) | |
Words containing "vocalic": intervocalically. (additional references) | |
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"Vocalic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: vassalic, vocale, vocalis, vocanic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "vocalic" (pronounced 'Vo*cal"ic'): Abdominothoracic, Abietic, Abietinic, Abiogenetic, Ablastemic, Abrahamic, Acerbic, Aceric, Acetonic, Achromatic, Achronic, Acidic, Acidific, Aclinic, Acologic, Acopic, Acroatic, Acrobatic, Acrocephalic, Acromonogrammatic, Acrotic, Acrylic, Actinic, Actinolitic, Actinophonic, Adelocodonic, Adenographic, Adenotomic, Adiabatic, Adiactinic, Adipic, Adipolytic, Adonic, Adriatic, Adynamic, AEolotropic, Aerobiotic, Aerodynamic, Aerolitic, AEsthesodic, Agamic, Agamogenetic, Agenesic, Agnatic, Agonic, Agonothetic, Agraphic, Agrypnotic, Albinotic, Alcaic. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-i-l-o-v" | |
-1 letter: calico. | |
-2 letters: cavil, clavi, colic, viola, vocal, voila. | |
-3 letters: calo, ciao, coal, coca, coil, cola, laic, loca, loci, oval, vail, vial, viol. | |
-4 letters: ail, avo, col, lac, lav, oca, oil, ova, vac, via. | |
-5 letters: ai, al, la, li, lo. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-i-l-o-v" | |
+1 letter: vocalics, volcanic. | |
+2 letters: acyclovir, volcanics. | |
+3 letters: acyclovirs, clavichord, prevocalic, varicocele. | |
+4 letters: clavichords, cocultivate, conceivable, conceivably, covalencies, nonvolcanic, postvocalic, varicoceles, vocalically, volcanicity. | |
+5 letters: clairvoyance, cocultivated, cocultivates, concanavalin, conciliative, conjunctival, convalescing, convectional, intervocalic, overcritical, postvaccinal, slavocracies, viscoelastic, volcanically, volcanologic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 6F 63 61 6C 69 63 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- --- -.-. .- .-.. .. -.-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01101111 01100011 01100001 01101100 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V o c a l i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 006F 0063 0061 006C 0069 0063 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)56816967787569 |
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