English

Etymology
From OF. #French|vocal.

Adjective
en-adj

1. Of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice; endowed with utterance; full of voice, or voices

#:Quotations
#:*To hill or valley, fountain, or fresh shade, / Made vocal by my song. - Milton

1. Uttered or modulated by the voice; oral; as, vocal melody; vocal prayer, vocal worship." - Milton
2. Of or pertaining to a vowel or voice sound; also, spoken with tone, intonation, and resonance; sonant; sonorous; -- said of certain articulate sounds
3. phonetics Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng; sonant; intonated; voiced. See voice, and vowel
4. phonetics Of or pertaining to a vowel; having the character of a vowel; vowel

Derived terms
rfc|separate entries
vocal chords
Vocal fremitus, (from Latin fremitus a dull roaring or murmuring), (Medicine): the perceptible vibration of the chest wall, produced by the transmission of the sonorous vibrations during the act of using the voice
Vocal music: music made by the voice, in distinction from instrumental music; hence, music or tunes set to words, to be performed by the human voice
Vocal tube, (Anatomy): the part of the air passages above the inferior ligaments of the larynx, including the passages through the nose and mouth

Translations
Dutch: stem-
German: vokal, vokalisch
Indonesian: vokal
Interlingua: vocal
Italian: vocale f
Japanese: ����� (v�karu), ���� (b�karu)
Portuguese: vocal m & f
Esperanto: vo�a

Noun
en-noun

1. phonetics A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic; -- distinguished from a subvocal, and a nonvocal
2. (Roman Catholic Church): A man who has a right to vote in certain elections

French

Pronunciation
w:IPA|IPA: /v�.kal/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /vO.kal/

Etymology
From L. vocalis, from vox, vocis, voice: .

Adjective
fr-infl-adj|smvocal|sfvocale|pmvocaux|pfvocales|smpv�.kal|sfpv�.kal|pmpv�.k�|pfpv�.kal
vocal m (vocale f)

1. vocal, related to the voice

#: cordes vocales

Related terms
vocable
vocalement
vocalique
vocalisation
vocalise
vocaliser
vocalisme
voice
voix
voyelle
vowel

Spanish

Noun
es-noun-f|pl=vocales

1. vowel

Noun
es-noun-mf|pl=vocales

1. voter, member with voting|vote rights

Adjective
es-adj|fvocal|plvocales

1. by means of the voice
2. related to the voice
3. using the voice

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