Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vox humana

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables: vox hu-mana
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An organ stop having some resemblance to the human voice.

Example Sentences

"Let me take this other glove off / As the vox humana swells, / And the beauteous fields of Eden / Bask beneath the Abbey bells."
"While on maneuvers in South Carolina, Billy played hymns he knew from childhood, played them on a little black organ which was waterproof. It had thirty-nine keys and two stops — vox humana and vox celeste.^([sic])"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vōx hūmāna.

Inflected Forms

vox humanas (plural)

Questions

What does vox humana mean?: An organ stop having some resemblance to the human voice.
Where does vox humana come from?: Borrowed from Latin vōx hūmāna.

How to pronounce vox humana

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “vox humana”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “vox humana”.
Repeat and practice — Say “vox humana” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.