different between vocal vs vocab

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)

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
   1. (anatomy) Used in the production of speech sounds.

   2. (music) Relating to, composed or arranged for, or sung by the human voice.
   3. (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

   4. (phonetics) Synonym of vocalic.
2. Uttered or modulated by the voice; expressed in words.

   Synonyms: oral, audible

   Antonyms: inaudible, quiet, silent, voiceless

   1. Expressing opinions or feelings freely, loudly, or insistently.

      Synonyms: outspoken, loud, audible

      Antonyms: inaudible, quiet, silent

   2. Having or exercising the power of producing voice, speech, or sound.

      Synonym: spoken

   3. Synonym of expressive.
   4. Full of voices.

      Synonym: resounding

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

vocal (plural vocals)

1. (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

2. (music) A part of a piece of music that is sung.

   Synonym: song

   Hyponyms: backup vocals, lead vocals

   1. (acting) A musical performance involving singing.
3. (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)

1. (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)

1. vocal

Derived terms

• corda vocal
• vocalista
• vocalitzar
• vocalment

Related terms

• veu

Noun

vocal f (plural vocals)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. vocal (of or pertaining to the voice or speech)
2. vocal (uttered or modulated by the voice)

Noun

vocal m, f (plural vocais)

1. 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)

1. vocal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin v?c?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo?kal/, [bo?kal]

Noun

vocal f (plural vocales)

1. vowel

Noun

vocal m or f (plural vocales)

1. voter, member with vote rights

Descendants

• ? Cebuano: bokal

Adjective

vocal (plural vocales)

1. by means of the voice
2. related to the voice
3. 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.

English

Etymology

Clipping of vocabulary.

Pronunciation

• enPR: v??-k?b, IPA^(key): /?vo?kæb/
  • (General Australian) IPA^(key): [?v??.kæb]
  • (UK) IPA^(key): [?v??.kæb]
  • (US) IPA^(key): [?vo?.kæb]
• Hyphenation: vo?cab

Noun

vocab (usually uncountable, plural vocabs)

1. (informal) Vocabulary, especially that acquired while learning a language.
   • 2018 "World of Witchcraft", Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!

     Shaggy: Please! This time don't say "Split up!"
     Fred: Fine! Divide into two groups!
     Shaggy: Changing the vocab! Should have seen that coming!
     Scooby: Jerk move, Jones!