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Definition: Vocalist |
VocalistNoun1. A person who sings. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "vocalist" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1855. (references) |
Etymology: Vocalist \Vo"cal*ist\, noun. [Compare to the French expression vocaliste.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: VocalistSynonyms: singer (n), vocaliser (n), vocalizer (n). (additional references) |
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 | Caption: Torcum Bezazian, Vocalist, Edna White, Trumpet, Carlo Peroni Conducting, Recording at the Edison Studio; New York, NY; 1912; {29.430/7} (jpg). |  | Professor Cummings, the celebrated magician, vocalist, and comedian!!.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Vocalist" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 86.25% of the time. "Vocalist" is used about 80 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 86.25% | 69 | 40,280 |
| Noun (common) | 6.25% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 5% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.5% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 80 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "vocalist": co-vocalist, rap-vocalist. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
angeles hip hop linkin los park vocalist | 344 | digitech vocalist performer | 4 |
vocalist | 40 | job vocalist | 3 |
female vocalist | 24 | needed vocalist | 3 |
vaughan vocalist | 22 | digitech vocalist vhm5 | 3 |
jazz vocalist | 12 | female vocalist wanted | 3 |
female jazz vocalist | 10 | christian vocalist | 3 |
vocalist wanted | 8 | black vocalist | 2 |
digitech vocalist | 7 | background vocalist | 2 |
digitech studio vocalist | 6 | digitech vocalist vr | 2 |
fitzgerald jazz vocalist | 5 | digitech vocalist workstation | 2 |
vaughn vocalist | 5 | mail singer vocalist | 2 |
audition vocalist | 5 | ||
mail singer vocalist | 2 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "vocalist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | këngëtar (caroller, chanter, chorister, crooner, melodist, musician, singer, songster). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | منشد (chanter, singer), المنشد (reader), المغن, المطرب (singer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | певец (bard, chorister, entertainer, melodist, minstrel, singer, songster), певица (songstress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zpìvák (chanter, singer, tuner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نغمه سرا (Singer, Songster), وازخوان , سراینده (Composer, Singer, Warbler), خواننده (Reader, Singer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | lecteur, chanteur dans un groupe, chanteur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Sänger (bard, minstrel, poet, singer, singers, song bird, songbird, songster, songsters). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αοιδόσ (minstrel, singer, song bird, songster), τραγουδιστήσ (singer, songster). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ווקאליסט, זמר (singer, songster). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | énekes (bulbul, minstrel, singer, songster, warbler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | biduan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cantante (female, female singer, singer, singing, songster, vocalists). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ボーア磁子 (balk, bauxite, boatswain, Boeing, Bohr magneton, bow, bow collar, bowing, boy, boy friend, boy hunt, Boy Scouts, boy soprano, boyish, vocal, vocal solo, vogue), ヴァチカン市国 (bolt, valid, valkyrie, valve, vampire, variable, variation, variety, Vatican City State, velocity, vendor, Venus, videotape, viola, vision, vocal, voicing, volt, volume, vorpal, wizard), 声楽家 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ボーカリスト , ヴォーカリスト , せいがくか. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | arraneyder (singer, warbler), arraneagh (musical, singer, tuneful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ocalistvay vocalista, cantor (artiste, singer, songster). (various references) dizeur (singer), cântãreaţã (diva, singer, siren), cântãreţ (artiste, bard, chanter, chorister, crooner, parish clerk, poet, singer, singing, songster, vocal). (various references) вокалист (musician), певец (bard, melodist, minstrel, singer, songster). (various references) pevač (chanter, singer, songster). (various references) vocalista. (various references) vokalist, refrängsångare. (various references) voklalist, seslendirmeci, şarkıcı (artiste, singer, songster, songstress). (various references) вокаліст (musician). (various references) người hát (singer). (various references) lleisiwr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "vocalist": vocalists. (additional references) | |
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"Vocalist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: vocalese, vocalis, vocalise. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "vocalist" (pronounced vō"kulust) |
| 6 | -k u l u s t | cyclist, motorcyclist. |
| 5 | -u l u s t | agriculturalist, analyst, capitalist, catalyst, colonialist, conversationalist, editorialist, environmentalist, federalist, finalist, formalist, fundamentalist, generalist, gentlest, herbalist, humblest, imperialist, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, internationalist, journalist, littlest, loyalist, materialist, medalist, mercantilist, monopolist, nationalist, naturalist, neutralist, novelist, panelist, photojournalist, populist, psychoanalyst, semifinalist, socialist, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, survivalist, televangelist, traditionalist, ultranationalist. |
| 4 | -l u s t | ablest, ballast, bicyclist, calloused, cellist, coolest, cruelest, dullest, fullest, idealist, noblest, palest, simplest, smallest, tallest, violist. |
| 3 | -u s t | abolitionist, abortionist, absolutist, accompanist, activist, agonist, agronomist, alarmist, alchemist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, anarchist, anatomist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, animist, antagonist, anthropologist, anticommunist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, arsonist, artist, atheist, August, balloonist, barest, behaviorist, biased, biggest, biochemist, biologist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, canoeist, canvassed, cardiologist, caricaturist, cartoonist, chauvinist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, cleanest, closest, coldest, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cultist, darkest, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, determinist, direst, dirtiest, dishonest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dumbest, earliest, earnest, easiest, ecologist, economist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, extremist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finest, firmest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, forest, freest, freshest, friendliest, funnest, funniest, furthest, geneticist, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, greenest, grimaced, grimmest, grooviest, guitarist, gymnast, gynecologist, happiest, hardest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, honest, hottest, hugest, humorist, hygienist, ideologist, illusionist, immunologist, impressionist, interest, internist, interventionist, isolationist, jaundiced, juiciest, junkiest, keenest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, laziest, leanest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, meanest, merest, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mightiest, mildest, mineralogist, misogynist, modernist, modest, motorist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nearest, neatest, neediest, neurologist, neuroscientist, newest, noisiest, noncommunist, nonconformist, noninterest, noticed, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, opportunist, organist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, pathologist, pessimist, pharmacist, philanthropist, physiologist, pianist, polemicist, poorest, prefaced, prejudiced, premised, preservationist, prettiest, priciest, promised, propagandist, protagonist, protectionist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, receptionist, reddest, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secessionist, secularist, segregationist, seismologist, separatist, serologist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, slimmest, sloppiest, slowest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, sociologist, softest, soonest, soundest, staunchest, steepest, sternest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, sweetest, swiftest, tannest, technologist, tempest, terraced, theorist, therapist, thickest, thinnest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, toxicologist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, unbiased, unfocused, unionist, unkindest, unnoticed, urologist, violinist, virologist, warmest, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, witnessed, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest, zoologist. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-l-o-s-t-v" | |
-1 letter: citolas, stoical, voltaic. | |
-2 letters: cavils, citola, coatis, coital, costal, lovats, ovisac, scotia, social, ticals, violas, vitals, vocals. | |
-3 letters: alist, altos, ascot, aviso, calos, cavil, clast, clavi, clits, clots, coals, coast, coati, coats, coils, colas, colts, costa, iotas, laics, litas, lotas, lotic, lovat, octal, ostia, ovals, salic, salvo, silva, stoai, stoic, tacos, tails, talcs. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-l-o-s-t-v" | |
+1 letter: locatives, outcavils, vocalists. | |
+2 letters: archivolts, vocalities. | |
+3 letters: coevalities, copulatives, cultivators, novaculites, postvocalic, vacillators, vorticellas. | |
+4 letters: civilisation, clairvoyants, cocultivates, consultative, correlatives, countervails, cultivations, postvaccinal, vacillations, vacuolations, valedictions, vesiculation, viscoelastic. | |
+5 letters: associatively, civilisations, civilizations, clavichordist, contrastively, controversial, photovoltaics, provincialist, vacationlands, valedictories, velociraptors, vesiculations, viceroyalties, vilifications, vivisectional, vocalizations, vocationalism, vocationalist, volcanicities, volcanologist, voluntaristic, vulcanisation, vulcanologist. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01101111 01100011 01100001 01101100 01101001 01110011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V o c a l i s t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 006F 0063 0061 006C 0069 0073 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5681696778758586 |
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