vocalis

English

Etymology

From Latin vōcālis.

Noun

vocalis

  1. A triangular band of muscle, inserted into the vocal process of the arytenoid cartilage, and into the adjacent portion of its anterior surface; it lies parallel with the vocal ligament, to which it is adherent.

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /woːˈkaː.lis/, [woːˈkaː.lɪs]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /voˈka.lis/, [voˈkaː.lis]
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Etymology 1

Derived from the oblique stem vōc- of vōx (“voice”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjective-forming derivational suffix).

Adjective

vōcālis (neuter vōcāle); third declension

  1. vocal, having a voice, speaking
  2. sounding, not silent
  3. sonorous, melodious
  4. never silent
  5. prophesying
Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative vōcālis vōcāle vōcālēs vōcālia
Genitive vōcālis vōcālis vōcālium vōcālium
Dative vōcālī vōcālī vōcālibus vōcālibus
Accusative vōcālem vōcāle vōcālēs, vōcālīs vōcālia
Ablative vōcālī vōcālī vōcālibus vōcālibus
Vocative vōcālis vōcāle vōcālēs vōcālia
Derived terms
  • vōcālitās
  • vōcāliter
Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun use of the adjective vōcālis, in elliptical use for littera vōcālis or lītera vōcālis (literally “sounding letter”), a calque of Ancient Greek φωνῆεν (phōnêen).

Noun

vōcālis f (genitive vōcālis); third declension

  1. (grammar) vowel
Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vōcālis vōcālēs
Genitive vōcālis vōcālium
Dative vōcālī vōcālibus
Accusative vōcālem vōcālēs
Ablative vōcāle vōcālibus
Vocative vōcālis vōcālēs
Synonyms
Descendants

See also

References

Middle High German

Etymology

From Latin vōcālis.

Noun

vocalis f

  1. vowel
    • 13th century. In: Seifried Helbling. Herausgegeben und erklärt von Joseph Seemüller, Halle a. S., 1886, p. 237f.:
      Quinque sunt vocales
      A E I O U.
      Diu êrst vocalis ist daz â.
      [...]
      Diu dritt vocalis ist daz î.
      [...]
      Diu fünft vocalis ist daz û.
      [...]
    • 13th century. In: Das deutsche Kirchenlied von der ältesten Zeit bis zu Anfang des XVII. Jahrhunderts. Von Philipp Wackernagel. Zweiter Band, Leipzig, 1867, p. 209:
      Quinque sunt vocales, | A E I O U. | Diu erst vocalis ist daz a. | [...] | Diu dritt vocalis ist daz i. | [...] | Diu vünft vocalis ist daz u. | [...]
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