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vocal

adj
/ˈvəʊ̯.kəl/UK/ˈvoʊ̯.kəl/US/ˈvəʉ̯.kəl/

Etymology

Etymology tree 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 Late Middle English vocal, borrowed from Latin vōcālis (“uttering a voice, sounding, speaking”), from vōx (“a voice, sound, tone”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of vowel and vocalis. Compare Old French vocal.

  1. derived from vōcālis
  2. inherited from vocal

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.

    • vocal problems

  2. Uttered or modulated by the voice

    Uttered or modulated by the voice; expressed in words.

    • vocal melody, vocal prayer, vocal worship

  3. A vocal sound

    A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A part of a piece of music that is sung.

      • Best cuts: "The Evil Dude," "Kung Fu, Too!" "Mama Love," "New Orleans" (with a punchy vocal by Teresa Brewer).

    2. A man in the Roman Catholic Church who has a right to vote in certain elections.

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Derived

audiovocal, bivocal, cricovocal, monovocal, nonvocal, polyvocal, semivocal, subvocal, unvocal, vocal blackface, vocal cord, vocal chord, vocal fold, vocal fremitus, vocal fry, vocalism, vocalist, vocality, vocalize, vocalise, vocally, vocal minority, vocal music, vocalness, vocal sac, vocal tract, vocal tube, gang vocal, off vocal, vocalic, vocalese

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at vocal. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at vocal. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at vocal

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA