voyelliser

Senses

1. 1.

   to vowelize; to supply with vowel marks

   to add or mark vowel diacritics in written text

Examples

• "Les textes arabes anciens devaient être voyellisés pour être correctement prononcés."

  Ancient Arabic texts had to be vowelized in order to be pronounced correctly.

• "En hébreu, les points de voyelles sont utilisés pour voyelliser les consonnes."

  In Hebrew, vowel points are used to vowelize the consonants.

Usage

A technical term used in linguistics and scriptural studies, particularly for Semitic languages (Arabic, Hebrew) that use diacritical marks to indicate vowels. The verb is primarily used in formal or academic contexts.