vocal

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Noun 1.4 Related terms 2 Asturian 2.1 Noun 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Etymology 3.3 Adjective 3.3.1 Related terms 4 Spanish 4.1 Noun 4.2 Noun 4.3 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old French vocal

[edit] Adjective

vocal (comparative more vocal, superlative most vocal)

1. Of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice; endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices
   • (A date for this quote is being sought): Milton,

     To hill or valley, fountain, or fresh shade, / Made vocal by my song.

2. Uttered or modulated by the voice; oral; as, vocal melody; vocal prayer, vocal worship.
3. Of or pertaining to a vowel or voice sound; also, spoken with tone, intonation, and resonance; sonant; sonorous; -- said of certain articulate sounds
4. (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
5. (phonetics) Of or pertaining to a vowel; having the character of a vowel; vowel

[edit] Derived terms

• vocal chords
• Vocal fremitus, (from Latin fremitus a dull roaring or murmuring), (Medicine): the perceptible vibration of the chest wall, produced by the transmission of the sonorous vibrations during the act of using the voice
• Vocal music: music made by the voice, in distinction from instrumental music; hence, music or tunes set to words, to be performed by the human voice
• vocal sac
• vocal tube

[edit] Translations

• Dutch: stem-
• German: vokal, vokalisch
• French: vocal fr(fr)
• Indonesian: vokal id(id)
• Interlingua: vocal
• Italian: vocale it(it) f.
• Japanese: ヴォーカル (vōkaru), ボーカル (bōkaru)
• Portuguese: vocal m. & f.
• Esperanto: voĉa

[edit] 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
3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (insurance) A program consisting of Occupational Accident and Contingent Liability originally designed for the entertainment industry. It is an alternative to Workers Compensation and is available in most states.

[edit] Related terms

• vocable
• vocabulary
• vocalization
• vocalize
• vocation
• voice

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[edit] Asturian

[edit] Noun

vocal f. (plural vocales)

1. A vowel.

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /vɔ.kal/, SAMPA: /vO.kal/
• Homophones: vocale, vocales

[edit] Etymology

From Latin vocalis, from vox, vocis (“‘voice’”) .

[edit] Adjective

vocal m. (f. vocale, m. plural vocaux, f. plural vocales)

1. vocal, related to the voice

   cordes vocales

[edit] Related terms

• vocable
• vocalement
• vocalique
• vocalisation
• vocalise
• vocaliser
• vocalisme
• voice
• voix
• voyelle
• vowel

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

vocal f. (plural vocales)

1. vowel

[edit] Noun

vocal m. and f. (plural vocales)

1. voter, member with vote rights

[edit] Adjective

vocal m. and f. (plural vocales)

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