vocal
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
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Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der.
Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs
Proto-Italic *wōks
Latin vōx
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin vōcālisbor.
Middle English vocal
English vocal
Late Middle English vocal, borrowed from Latin vōcālis (“uttering a voice, sounding, speaking”), from vōx (“a voice, sound, tone”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of vowel and vocalis. Compare Old French vocal.
Base: vōx
Affixes: -ālis
Inflected forms:
form: more vocal
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most vocal
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: vocals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
pos: adj
examples: vocal problems
gloss: Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
pos: adj
examples: vocal apparatus
gloss: Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
pos: adj
gloss: Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
pos: adj
gloss: Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
pos: adj
gloss: Uttered or modulated by the voice; expressed in words.
pos: adj
examples: vocal melody, vocal prayer, vocal worship
gloss: Uttered or modulated by the voice; expressed in words.
pos: adj
examples: The protesters were very vocal in their message to the mayor.
Hendy has come out as something of an evangelist for discontinuous electrification. For Waterloo-Exeter, this could make real sense on a route where the high capital cost of wiring or third rail all the way to Devon would be prohibitive. But what about his vocal support for it on East West Rail, which is effectively a brand new line?
gloss: Uttered or modulated by the voice; expressed in words.
pos: adj
examples: To hill or valley, fountain, or fresh shade,
Made vocal by my song.
The tide flows down, the wave again
⁠Is vocal in its wooded walls:
⁠My deeper anguish also falls,
And I can speak a little then.
gloss: Uttered or modulated by the voice; expressed in words.
pos: adj
gloss: Uttered or modulated by the voice; expressed in words.
pos: adj
gloss: A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic.
pos: noun
gloss: A part of a piece of music that is sung.
pos: noun
examples: Best cuts: "The Evil Dude," "Kung Fu, Too!" "Mama Love," "New Orleans" (with a punchy vocal by Teresa Brewer).
gloss: A part of a piece of music that is sung.
pos: noun
gloss: A man in the Roman Catholic Church who has a right to vote in certain elections.
pos: noun
Related words: vocable
vocabulary
vocalist
vocalization
vocalize
vocation
voice
vowel
Derived words: audiovocal
bivocal
cricovocal
monovocal
nonvocal
polyvocal
semivocal
subvocal
unvocal
vocal blackface
vocal cord
vocal chord
vocal fold
vocal fremitus
vocal fry
vocalism
vocalist
vocality
vocalize
vocalise
vocally
vocal minority
vocal music
vocalness
vocal sac
vocal tract
vocal tube
gang vocal
off vocal
vocalic
vocalese
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: vokal
lang: Arabic
word: صَوْتِيّ
roman: ṣawtiyy
lang: Armenian
word: վոկալ
roman: vokal
lang: Azerbaijani
word: vokal
lang: Belarusian
word: вака́льны
roman: vakálʹny
lang: Belarusian
word: галасавы́
roman: halasavý
lang: Bengali
word: কণ্ঠ্য
roman: konṭṭho
lang: Bulgarian
word: вока́лен
roman: vokálen
lang: Bulgarian
word: гласов
roman: glasov
lang: Catalan
word: vocal
lang: Czech
word: hlasový
lang: Czech
word: vokální
lang: Dutch
word: vocal
lang: Esperanto
word: vokalo
lang: Finnish
word: laulu
lang: French
word: vocal
lang: Galician
word: vocal
lang: Georgian
word: ვოკალური
roman: voḳaluri
lang: Georgian
word: სახმო
roman: saxmo
lang: German
word: stimmhaft
lang: German
word: stimmlich
lang: Greek
word: φωνητικός
roman: fonitikós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: φθεγκτικός
roman: phthenktikós
lang: Hindi
word: स्वर
roman: svar
lang: Hungarian
word: vokál
lang: Indonesian
word: vokal
lang: Indonesian
word: lisan
lang: Irish
word: gutha
lang: Italian
word: vocale
lang: Kannada
word: ಉಚ್ಚಾರದ
roman: uccārada
lang: Kazakh
word: вокалды
roman: vokaldy
lang: Kazakh
word: вокалдық
roman: vokaldyq
lang: Latvian
word: vokāls
lang: Latvian
word: balss
lang: Macedonian
word: гла́совен
roman: glásoven
lang: Malay
word: vokal
lang: Maltese
word: vokali
lang: Norwegian
word: vokal
lang: Polish
word: głosowy
lang: Polish
word: wokalny
lang: Portuguese
word: vocal
lang: Portuguese
word: vocálico
lang: Russian
word: вока́льный
roman: vokálʹnyj
lang: Russian
word: голосово́й
roman: golosovój
lang: Slovak
word: vokálny
lang: Slovak
word: hlasový
lang: Slovene
word: vokal
lang: Spanish
word: vocal
lang: Swahili
word: mwimbaji
lang: Swedish
word: vokal
lang: Tagalog
word: ukol sa tinig
lang: Tagalog
word: pantinig
lang: Turkish
word: vokal
lang: Turkmen
word: vokal
lang: Ukrainian
word: вока́льний
roman: vokálʹnyj
lang: Ukrainian
word: голосови́й
roman: holosovýj
lang: Urdu
word: آواز دار
roman: āvāz dār
lang: Uzbek
word: vokal
lang: Vietnamese
word: nói to tiếng
lang: Albanian
word: vokal
lang: Bengali
word: গেয়
roman: geẏo
lang: Bulgarian
word: вокален
roman: vokalen
lang: Catalan
word: vocal
lang: Dutch
word: stem
lang: Finnish
word: laulu
lang: Galician
word: vocal
lang: Georgian
word: ვოკალური
roman: voḳaluri
lang: German
word: mündlich
lang: Japanese
word: 有言の
roman: yūgen no
lang: Kannada
word: ಧ್ವನಿ
roman: dhvani
lang: Macedonian
word: во́кален
roman: vókalen
lang: Portuguese
word: vocal
lang: Russian
word: вока́льный
roman: vokálʹnyj
lang: Spanish
word: vocal
lang: Swedish
word: vokal
lang: Tagalog
word: maabla
lang: Welsh
word: llafar