"vocalise" meaning in English

See vocalise in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /vəʊkəˈliːz/ Forms: vocalises [plural]
Etymology: From French. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|-}} French Head templates: {{en-noun}} vocalise (plural vocalises)
  1. A vocal exercise performed by singing one or more vowels without actually forming any words.
    Sense id: en-vocalise-en-noun-J8MEyDja
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈvəʊkəlaɪz/ Forms: vocalises [present, singular, third-person], vocalising [participle, present], vocalised [participle, past], vocalised [past]
Etymology: From vocal + -ise. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|vocal|ise}} vocal + -ise Head templates: {{en-verb}} vocalise (third-person singular simple present vocalises, present participle vocalising, simple past and past participle vocalised)
  1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of vocalize. Tags: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: vocalize
    Sense id: en-vocalise-en-verb-LndjamqR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ise, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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