"vocalese" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: vocaleses [plural]
Etymology: vocal + -ese Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|vocal|ese}} vocal + -ese Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} vocalese (usually uncountable, plural vocaleses)
  1. Jazz singing genre where the lyrics are written to melodies that were originally parts of an all-instrumental composition or improvisation. Wikipedia link: vocalese Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-vocalese-en-noun-AfaL8igv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ese

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for vocalese meaning in English (1.1kB)

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