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vocalic

/voʊˈkælɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables
vo-cal-ic
IPA
/voʊˈkælɪk/
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to a vowel.

Etymology

Etymology tree French vocal Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French vocaliquebor. English vocalic Borrowed from French vocalique, from vocal + -ique.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /voʊˈkælɪk/
  • British English: /vəʊˈkælɪk/

Derived Forms

antevocalic intervocalic intravocalic nonvocalic plurivocalic postvocalic prevocalic semivocalic univocalic vocalically vocalics

Phrases

vocalic consonant vocalic R

Frequently Paired Words

semivowel vocal vowel consonantal

Questions

How do you pronounce vocalic?
The recorded pronunciation is /voʊˈkælɪk/.
What does vocalic mean?
Pertaining to a vowel.
Where does vocalic come from?
Etymology tree French vocal Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French vocaliquebor. English vocalic Borrowed from French vocalique, from vocal + -ique.

How to pronounce vocalic

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  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/voʊˈkælɪk/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
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