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vocal
English
Etymology
Late Middle English vocal, borrowed from Latin v?c?lis (“uttering a voice, sounding, speaking”), from v?x (“a voice, sound, tone”) +? -?lis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of vowel and vocalis. Compare Old French vocal.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?v??.k?l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?vo?.k?l/
- Rhymes: -??k?l
Adjective
vocal (comparative more vocal, superlative most vocal)
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
- (anatomy) Used in the production of speech sounds.
- (music) Relating to, composed or arranged for, or sung by the human voice.
- (phonetics) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng.
- Synonyms: sonant, intonated, voiced
- (phonetics) Synonym of vocalic.
- (anatomy) Used in the production of speech sounds.
- Uttered or modulated by the voice; expressed in words.
- Synonyms: oral, audible
- Antonyms: inaudible, quiet, silent, voiceless
- Expressing opinions or feelings freely, loudly, or insistently.
- Synonyms: outspoken, loud, audible
- Antonyms: inaudible, quiet, silent
- Having or exercising the power of producing voice, speech, or sound.
- Synonym: spoken
- Synonym of expressive.
- Full of voices.
- Synonym: resounding
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
vocal (plural vocals)
- (phonetics) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic.
- Coordinate terms: subvocal, nonvocal
- (music) A part of a piece of music that is sung.
- Synonym: song
- Hyponyms: backup vocals, lead vocals
- (acting) A musical performance involving singing.
- (Catholicism) A man in the Roman Catholic Church who has a right to vote in certain elections.
Derived terms
- off vocal
- vocalic
- vocalese
Related terms
See also
- voice
- vowel
References
- “vocal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “vocal”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
Asturian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin v?c?lis.
Noun
vocal f (plural vocales)
- (grammar) A vowel.
Related terms
- voz
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin v?c?lis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /vo?kal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /bu?kal/
- Homophones: bocal, bucal (Central)
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
vocal (masculine and feminine plural vocals)
- vocal
Derived terms
- corda vocal
- vocalista
- vocalitzar
- vocalment
Related terms
- veu
Noun
vocal f (plural vocals)
- vowel
Derived terms
- vocàlic
Further reading
- “vocal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “vocal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “vocal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “vocal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Old French vocal, borrowed from Latin v?c?lis. Doublet of voyelle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?.kal/
- Homophones: vocale, vocales
Adjective
vocal (feminine singular vocale, masculine plural vocaux, feminine plural vocales)
- vocal, related to the voice
Related terms
Further reading
- “vocal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin v?c?lis.
Adjective
vocal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vocale)
- vocal (relating to a voice or voices)
Descendants
- French: vocal
- ? Middle English: vocal
- English: vocal
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin v?c?lis. Doublet of vogal.
Adjective
vocal m or f (plural vocais, comparable)
- vocal (of or pertaining to the voice or speech)
- vocal (uttered or modulated by the voice)
Noun
vocal m, f (plural vocais)
- vocalist (singer in a band)
- Synonym: vocalista
Related terms
- vogal
- voz
Romanian
Etymology
From French vocal, from Latin vocalis.
Adjective
vocal m or n (feminine singular vocal?, masculine plural vocali, feminine and neuter plural vocale)
- vocal
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin v?c?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bo?kal/, [bo?kal]
Noun
vocal f (plural vocales)
- vowel
Noun
vocal m or f (plural vocales)
- voter, member with vote rights
Descendants
- ? Cebuano: bokal
Adjective
vocal (plural vocales)
- by means of the voice
- related to the voice
- using the voice
Derived terms
- cuerdas vocales
- vocalmente
Related terms
- voz
Anagrams
- clavo
Further reading
- “vocal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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dumbness
English
Etymology
From Middle English dombenesse, from Old English dumbnes; equivalent to dumb +? -ness. Cognate with Old Frisian dumbnisse (“folly, dumbness”).
Noun
dumbness (usually uncountable, plural dumbnesses)
- The state of being dumb or mute: that is, of not communicating vocally, whether from selective mutism (refusal to speak) or from an inability to speak.
- 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, "Sissy's Job," [1]
- He was a deaf-mute. His dumbness did not seem to matter when we were boys.
- 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, "Sissy's Job," [1]
- Muteness, silence; abstention from speech.
- 1611 Shakespeare, William [first known show: 15 May 1611; posthumous publication: 1623], Winter's Tale, Act 5, Scene 2:
- There was speech in their dumbness.
- 1611 Shakespeare, William [first known show: 15 May 1611; posthumous publication: 1623], Winter's Tale, Act 5, Scene 2:
- Show or gesture without words; pantomime; dumb-show.
- 1623 Shakespeare, William [posthumous publication], Timon of Athens, Act 1, Scene 1:
- To the dumbness of the gesture one might interpret.
- 1623 Shakespeare, William [posthumous publication], Timon of Athens, Act 1, Scene 1:
- (informal) The quality of being stupid or foolish.
Related terms
- dumb
- dumb-show
Translations
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