vocal

Borrowed from Old French vocal, borrowed from Latin vōcālis. Doublet of vowel.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvəʊ.kəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvoʊ.kəl/

vocal (comparative more vocal, superlative most vocal)

1. Of or pertaining to the voice or speech

   vocal problems

2. Having a voice
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost

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

3. Uttered or modulated by the voice; oral

   vocal melody

   vocal prayer

   vocal worship

4. Of or pertaining to a voice sound; spoken
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; vowel

   a vocal sound

7. loud; getting oneself heard.

   The protesters were very vocal in their message to the mayor.

• (uttered or modulated by the voice): audible
• (getting oneself heard): audible, loud

• (uttered or modulated by the voice): inaudible, quiet, silent, voiceless
• (getting oneself heard): inaudible, quiet, silent

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.

Borrowed from Latin vōcālis.

vocal f (plural vocales)

1. (grammar) A vowel.

• voz

Borrowed from Latin vōcālis.

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /voˈkal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /buˈkal/
• Homophones: bocal, bucal (Central)
• Rhymes: -al

vocal (masculine and feminine plural vocals)

1. vocal

• corda vocal
• vocalista
• vocalitzar
• vocalment

• veu

vocal f (plural vocals)

1. vowel

• “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.

From Old French vocal, borrowed from Latin vōcālis. Doublet of voyelle.

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.kal/
• Homophones: vocale, vocales

vocal (feminine singular vocale, masculine plural vocaux, feminine plural vocales)

1. vocal, related to the voice

• “vocal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Borrowed from Latin vōcālis.

vocal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular vocale)

1. vocal (relating to a voice or voices)

• English: vocal (borrowed)
• French: vocal

Borrowed from Latin vōcālis. Doublet of vogal.

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)

vocal m, f (plural vocais)

1. vocalist (singer in a band)

   Synonym: vocalista

• vogal
• voz

Borrowed from Latin vōcālis.

vocal f (plural vocales)

1. vowel

vocal m or f (plural vocales)

1. voter, member with vote rights

vocal (plural vocales)

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

• voz