devocalizeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

de- +‎ vocalize

動詞

devocalize (三人称単数 現在形 devocalizes, 現在分詞 devocalizing, 過去形および過去分詞形 devocalized)

1. (transitive, phonetics) To make toneless; to deprive of vowel quality.
   • 1877, Henry Sweet, A Handbook of Phonetics:

     If we take a high vowel […] and devocalise it, we obtain a hiss […]

2. (transitive) To reduce the volume of the vocalizations of (an animal) by surgically removing tissue from its vocal cords.

   Synonyms: debark, disbark

関連する語

• devocalization

参照

• “devocalize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.