Adjacent Words

vocalic definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: being or containing or characterized by vowels; "vocalic sounds"; "the Gaelic language being uncommonly vocalic"- Walter Scott [ant: consonantal]
2: relating to or associated with or containing a vowel; "vocalic segments"; "the vocalic ablaut"

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Latin vocalis vowel, from vocalis vocal Date: 1814 1. marked by or consisting of vowels 2. a. being or functioning as a vowel b. of, relating to, or associated with a vowel • vocalically adverb II. noun Date: 1924 a vowel sound or sequence in its function as the most sonorous part of a syllable

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. of or consisting of a vowel or vowels.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Vocalic Vo*cal"ic, a. [L. vocalis (sc. littera) a vowel. See Vocal, a.] Of or pertaining to vowel sounds; consisting of the vowel sounds. --Earle. The Gaelic language being uncommonly vocalic. --Sir W. Scott.