"Vocaloid" meaning in English

See Vocaloid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈvoʊkəloɪd/
Etymology: From Japanese VOCALOID(ボーカロイド) (bōkaroido), from English vocal + -oid. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|-}} Japanese, {{ja-r|VOCALOID|ボーカロイド}} VOCALOID(ボーカロイド) (bōkaroido), {{der|en|en|vocal}} English vocal Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Vocaloid
  1. A singing voice synthesizer software product launched in 2004.
    Sense id: en-Vocaloid-en-name-D85Cd2sW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms borrowed back into English, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 19 19 31 Disambiguation of English terms borrowed back into English: 33 17 11 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 20 20 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 21 21 30

Noun

IPA: /ˈvoʊkəloɪd/ Forms: Vocaloids [plural]
Etymology: From Japanese VOCALOID(ボーカロイド) (bōkaroido), from English vocal + -oid. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|-}} Japanese, {{ja-r|VOCALOID|ボーカロイド}} VOCALOID(ボーカロイド) (bōkaroido), {{der|en|en|vocal}} English vocal Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Vocaloid (countable and uncountable, plural Vocaloids)
  1. (uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of vocaloid (“music created using voice synthesis software, such as Vocaloid”). Tags: alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: vocaloid (extra: music created using voice synthesis software, such as Vocaloid)
    Sense id: en-Vocaloid-en-noun-FCjRy39B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms borrowed back into English, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 19 19 31 Disambiguation of English terms borrowed back into English: 33 17 11 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 20 20 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 21 21 30
  2. (countable) Alternative letter-case form of vocaloid (“a voice synthesis software voicebank”). Tags: alt-of, countable Alternative form of: vocaloid (extra: a voice synthesis software voicebank)
    Sense id: en-Vocaloid-en-noun-OXt270rl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms borrowed back into English, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 19 19 31 Disambiguation of English terms borrowed back into English: 33 17 11 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 20 20 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 21 21 30
  3. (countable) Any singing voice synthesis software. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-Vocaloid-en-noun-G2ym5TI5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms borrowed back into English, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Singing voice synthesis Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 19 19 31 Disambiguation of English terms borrowed back into English: 33 17 11 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 20 20 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 21 21 30 Disambiguation of Singing voice synthesis: 28 16 16 41

Inflected forms

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