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# vocalisation

«vocalisation» in Mova's school dictionary: **a sound made with the voice, especially by an animal…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (vocalisation, a vocalisation, vocalisations)

### meaning for a pupil

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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocalisation/#m3)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «vocalisation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vocalisation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.