Noun: vocalism 'vow-ku,li-z(u)m
- The sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
"a singer takes good care of his vocalism";
- voice, vocalization, vocalisation [Brit], phonation, vox
- The system of vowels used in a particular language
"The vocalism of Italian includes seven vowel phonemes";
- vowel system
Derived forms: vocalisms
Type of: communication, phonemic system