English
Etymology
From French vocable#French|vocable or Latin vocabulum, from Latin vocare �call�.
Pronunciation
IPA|/'v��k�b�l/
Noun
en-noun
- 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
- a term
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