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vocable

[ voh-kuh-buhl ]

noun

  1. a word; term; name.
  2. a word considered only as a combination of certain sounds or letters, without regard to meaning.


adjective

  1. capable of being spoken.

vocable

/ ˈ±¹É™ÊŠ°ìÉ™²úÉ™±ô /

noun

  1. any word, either written or spoken, regarded simply as a sequence of letters or spoken sounds, irrespective of its meaning
  2. a vocal sound; vowel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. capable of being uttered
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±¹´Ç³¦²¹²ú±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±¹´Çc²¹Â·²ú±ô²â adverb
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ô·±¹´Çc²¹Â·²ú±ô±ð adjective noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·±¹´Çc²¹Â·²ú±ô±ð adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vocable1

1520–30; < Latin ±¹´Ç³¦Äå²ú³Ü±ô³Ü³¾ a word, a name, equivalent to ±¹´Ç³¦Äå ( re ) to call + -bulum noun suffix
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vocable1

C16: from Latin ±¹´Ç³¦Äå²ú³Ü±ô³Ü³¾ a designation, from ±¹´Ç³¦Äåre to call
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The birds’ phrasings are both melodic and mechanical, cyclical and spontaneous, like the wordless vocables of scat singers.

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Some of the songs have lyrics that can be translated into words but many others include what are called vocables - sounds that don’t have meanings like words do.

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There is an immense amount of positive knowledge to be acquired between the ages of ten and eighteen—rules of grammar, strings of vocables, dates, names of towns, rivers, and mountains, mathematical formulas, &c.

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Nothing human was alien to him, nor inhuman, for he rejected as quite meaningless the latter vocable, as he rejected such clichés as "organic and inorganic."

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The philanthropic spectator suffers from no scarcity of words to express his particular attitude if he desires to do so; why then should he not leave socialists the enjoyment of their vocable?

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