• Vocal

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈvəʊkÉ™l/
    • US IPA: /ˈvoÊŠkÉ™l/

    Origin

    From Old French vocal from Latin vōcālis.

    Full definition of vocal

    Adjective

    vocal

    1. Of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice; endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices
      • unknown date Milton,To hill or valley, fountain, or fresh shade,
        Made vocal by my song.
    2. vocal problems
    3. Uttered or modulated by the voice; oral; as, vocal melody; vocal prayer, vocal worship.
    4. Of or pertaining to a vowel or voice sound; also, spoken with tone, intonation, and resonance; sonant; sonorous; -- said of certain articulate sounds
    5. (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; sonant; intonated; voiced. See voice, and vowel
    6. (phonetics) Of or pertaining to a vowel; having the character of a vowel; vowela vocal sound
    7. loud; getting oneself heard.The protestors were very vocal in their message to the mayor.

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    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; -- distinguished from a subvocal, and a nonvocal
    2. (Roman Catholic Church) A man who has a right to vote in certain elections.
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