Complete Definition of "vocable"

English

Etymology
From French vocable#French|vocable or Latin vocabulum, from Latin vocare �call�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'v��k�b�l/

Noun
en-noun

  1. a word or utterance, especially with reference to its form rather than its meaning

#*1974: Without words and almost with the seriousness of asylum nurses they at once set upon an unsavoury-looking matron who began to cry out Mediterranean vocables of distress. � Anthony Burgess, The Clockwork Testament


French

Etymology
From Latin vocabulum, from vocare �call�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/v�kabl/

Noun
vocable m

  1. a term

Category:French nouns

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