vocalism

English

Etymology

From vocal +‎ -ism.

Noun

vocalism (plural vocalisms)

1. Speaking or singing.
2. (linguistics) The vowel sounds used in a language.

Coordinate terms

• (vowel sounds used in a language): consonantism

Translations

The vowel sounds used in a language

• Armenian: ձայնավորում (hy) (jaynavorum)
• Finnish: vokaalisto
• German: Vokalismus (de) m
• Kyrgyz: обончулук (obonculuk)
• Polish: wokalizm (pl) m
• Romanian: vocalism (ro) n
• Russian: вокали́зм (ru) (vokalízm)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vocalisme.

Noun

vocalism n (uncountable)

1. vocalism

Declension

declension of vocalism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) vocalism	vocalismul
genitive/dative	(unui) vocalism	vocalismului
vocative	vocalismule