Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vocality

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables: vo-cal-i-ty
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality or degree of being vocal.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The quality of being a vowel; vocalic character.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The admiral, fearing she might not confine herself to vocality, but begin to beat time with her fists, thought it right to take up a position; he therefore very dexterously took two steps in the rear, and mounted on a sofa[…]"
"'On what special subject of the theorems and topics does your desire for vocality seem to be connected with?'"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs Proto-Italic *wōks Latin vōx Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin vōcālisbor. Middle English vocal English vocal Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English vocality From vocal + -ity. Compare Latin vocalitas (“euphony”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

vocalities (plural)

Derived Forms

monovocality polyvocality

Questions

What does vocality mean?: The quality or degree of being vocal.
Where does vocality come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs Proto-Italic *wōks Latin vōx Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin vōcālisbor. Middle English vocal English vocal Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English vocality From vocal + -ity. Compare Latin vocalitas (“euphony”).

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