Vocalization

vo·cal·ize  (vk-lz)

v. vo·cal·ized, vo·cal·iz·ing, vo·cal·iz·es

v.tr.

1. To produce with the voice.

2. To give voice to; articulate: vocalize popular sentiment.

3. To mark (a vowelless Hebrew text, for example) with vowel points.

4. Linguistics

a. To change (a consonant) into a vowel during articulation.

b. To voice.

v.intr.

1.

a. To use the voice.

b. Music To sing.

2. Linguistics To be changed into a vowel.

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vocal·i·zation (-k-l-zshn) n.

vocal·izer n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	vocalization - the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations" phonation, vocalisation, vox, vocalism, voice communication - something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups singing voice - the musical quality of the voice while singing sprechgesang, sprechstimme - a style of dramatic vocalization between singing and speaking voice over - the voice on an unseen commentator in a film of television program
	2.	vocalization - the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication utterance roll call - calling out an official list of names auditory communication - communication that relies on hearing speech sound, phone, sound - (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language cry, outcry, shout, vociferation, yell, call - a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience" cry, yell - a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate); "a cry of rage"; "a yell of pain" croak, croaking - a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog) exclaiming, exclamation - an abrupt excited utterance; "she gave an exclamation of delight"; "there was much exclaiming over it" expletive - a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line groan, moan - an utterance expressing pain or disapproval ahem, hem - the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc. howl, howling, ululation - a long loud emotional utterance; "he gave a howl of pain"; "howls of laughter"; "their howling had no effect" laugh, laughter - the sound of laughing mumble - a soft indistinct utterance paging - calling out the name of a person (especially by a loudspeaker system); "the public address system in the hospital was used for paging" profanity - vulgar or irreverent speech or action pronunciation - the manner in which someone utters a word; "they are always correcting my pronunciation" exultation, rejoicing, jubilation - the utterance of sounds expressing great joy sigh, suspiration - an utterance made by exhaling audibly snarl - a vicious angry growl speaking, speech production - the utterance of intelligible speech speech - something spoken; "he could hear them uttering merry speeches" splutter, sputter - an utterance (of words) with spitting sounds (as in rage) rasp, rasping - uttering in an irritated tone growling - a gruff or angry utterance (suggestive of the growling of an animal)