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# vocalisation

noun (vocalisation, a vocalisation, vocalisations)

«vocalisation» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A vocalisation is a sound made with the voice, especially by an animal, like a bark, a howl, a song or a call. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocalisation/#m1)
2. Vocalisation is the act of making sounds with the voice or of singing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocalisation/#m2)
3. (music) Vocalisation is singing a tune on vowel sounds without words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocalisation/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on animal communication (whales, birds, monkeys); in music; it is a formal, scientific word for «a sound made by voice».

### Examples

- Wolves use many vocalisations, like howls and growls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocalisation/#x1)
- Scientists recorded the whale's vocalisations. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocalisation/#x2)
- A baby's first vocalisations are coos and gurgles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocalisation/#x3)
- Birdsong is a kind of vocalisation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocalisation/#x4)
- The singer warmed up with vocalisation exercises. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocalisation/#x5)

### Note

UK spelling «vocalisation»; US spelling «vocalization». Countable for single sounds, uncountable for the act. Verb: vocalise/vocalize.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «vocalisation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocalisation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vocalisation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vocalisation.html) on Mova free.