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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs vocalise, vocalize and voice which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

vocal
  1. Of or pertaining to the voice or speech
  2. Having a voice
  3. Uttered or modulated by the voice; oral
  4. Of or pertaining to a voice sound; spoken
  5. (phonetics) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng; sonant; intonated; voiced. See voice, and vowel
  6. (phonetics) Of or pertaining to a vowel; having the character of a vowel; vowel
  7. loud; getting oneself heard.
  8. Synonyms:
  9. Examples:
    1. “Therefore, a study of the sounds of these Chinese ideographs becomes a study of the history of vocal sounds of the Korean language before the creation of the Korean alphabet.”
      “The vocal part of the song is at first accompanied by electric piano, sounding a good deal like a country-western song.”
      “It's good to see the St. Vincent de Paul Society becoming more vocal and putting its opinions and vast experience on record in the media.”
voiced
  1. (phonetics) Sounded with vibration of the vocal cords. For example, the phone [z] is voiced, while [s] is unvoiced.
  2. (in combination) Having a specified kind of voice.
  3. (signal processing, of a signal) That contains voice.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “In Finnic languages featuring gradation, geminate stops and single stops that are intervocalic or follow a voiced consonant undergo gradation.”
voiceless
  1. Lacking a voice, without vocal sound.
  2. (figuratively) Without a vote; having no input into a decision.
  3. (phonetics) Spoken without vibration of the vocal cords; unvoiced, surd. Examples: [t], [s], [f].
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “She was so overwhelmed with fear that she remained voiceless, unable to utter a single word.”
      “When faced with injustice, the voiceless victims yearned for an opportunity to share their stories and advocate for their rights.”
      “The voiceless individuals in our society strive to be heard and seek justice for their abandonment, disadvantage, and disenfranchisement.”
vocalic
  1. Used as a vowel, as opposed to consonantal, especially in Latin.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “One is the Semitic root-and-pattern structure, which combines root radicals with a mainly vocalic pattern to produce a word.”
      “All the Germanic languages were familiar with vocalic change as possessed of functional significance.”
      “The talk box is mostly known as an effect enabling to apply vocalic sound colors to guitar sounds.”
voicist
  1. Relating to or characteristic of voicism.
voicy
  1. Relating to the voice, or using the voice; vocal.
vocalizational
  1. Relating to vocalization.
vocable
  1. (linguistics) Able to be uttered.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Even though the language was completely foreign to me, I found the vocable rhythm and tones intriguing as they were able to be uttered with minimal effort.”
voiceable
  1. (linguistics) Able to be voiced.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I think we need to address this issue in a voiceable manner during the meeting.”
voiceful
  1. vocal; sounding
  2. Examples:
    1. “I sit here up in the hills and the sea and the air are voiceful, a seething and moaning of the wind and weather, cruel to listen to.”
      “You may choose which liberty you will, and restraint of voiceful rock, or the dumb and edgeless shore of darkened sand.”
voicelike
  1. Resembling a voice.
vocalised
vocalising
  1. (Britain) present participle of vocalise
vocalized
vocalizing
voicing
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