vocalise
French, noun
vocalise is spelled V-O-C-A-L-I-S-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 104,709th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vocalise is a French feminine noun meaning “vocalise (vocal exercise performed by singing one or more vowels without actually forming any words)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of vocaliser. With an accent, vocalisé is a different word: “past participle of vocaliser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Exercice de vocalisation”.
What does vocalise mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevocalise (vocal exercise performed by singing one or more vowels without actually forming any words)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of vocaliser
verb
- 1
past participle of vocaliser
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Exercice de vocalisation. 2. Trait de chant sur lequel on ne prononce aucune syllabe.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vocalise
- vocalises plural
- vocalisée feminine
- vocalisés masculine plural
- vocalisées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is vocalise in French?
vocalise appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).