vocalic

[ voh-kal-ik ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling a vowel.
2. consisting of, characterized by, or containing vowels.

vocalic

/ vəʊˈkælɪk /

adjective

1. phonetics of, relating to, or containing a vowel or vowels

Other Words From

• nonvo·calic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of vocalic¹

First recorded in 1805–15; vocal + -ic

Example Sentences

A subsidiary but by no means unimportant grammatical process is that of internal vocalic or consonantal change.

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In Hebrew, as we have seen, vocalic change is of even greater significance than in English.

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In another Indian language, Yokuts, vocalic modifications affect both noun and verb forms.

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Consonantal change as a functional process is probably far less common than vocalic modifications, but it is not exactly rare.

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There is no trace of such vocalic mutation (“umlaut”) in Gothic, our most archaic Germanic language.

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Related Words

• articulate
• choral
• operatic
• verbal