"vocality" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: vocalities [plural]
Etymology: From vocal + -ity. Compare Latin vocalitas (“euphony”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|vocal|ity}} vocal + -ity, {{cog|la|vocalitas|t=euphony}} Latin vocalitas (“euphony”), {{lena}} Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} vocality (countable and uncountable, plural vocalities)
  1. The quality or degree of being vocal. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-vocality-en-noun-h0a3CYdJ
  2. The quality of being a vowel; vocalic character. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-vocality-en-noun-~ylTvj8w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: polyvocality

Inflected forms

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