nonvocal

adj

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs Proto-Italic *wōks Latin vōx Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin vōcālisbor. Middle English vocal English vocal English nonvocal From non- + vocal.

Definitions

  1. Not vocal

    Not vocal; silent; not using one's voice.

    • The guitar solo is the main nonvocal part of this song.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nonvocal. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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