Vocal

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Derived expressions 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Noun 2 French 2.1 Adjective 2.2 Related terms 3 Spanish 3.1 Noun 3.2 Noun 3.3 Adjective 3.4 Translations

English

Etymology

Latin vocalis , from vox, vocis , voice: compare French vocal. See voice, and compare vowel

Adjective

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

2. Uttered or modulated by the voice; oral; as, vocal melody; vocal prayer, vocal worship." - Milton
3. Of or pertaining to a vowel or voice sound; also, spoken with tone, intonation, and resonance; sonant; sonorous; -- said of certain articulate sounds
4. (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
5. (Phonetics): Of or pertaining to a vowel; having the character of a vowel; vowel

Derived expressions

• Vocal cords or chords, (Anatomy): See larynx, and voice
• 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: ヴォーカル (vōkaru), ボーカル (bōkaru)
• Portuguese: vocal m & f

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

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French

Adjective

vocal m (vocale f)

1. vocal, related to the voice

   cordes vocales

Related terms

• vocable
• vocalement
• vocalique
• vocalisation
• vocalise
• vocaliser
• vocalisme
• voix
• voyelle

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Spanish

Noun

vocal f

1. vowel

Noun

vocal m, f

1. voter, member with vote rights

Adjective

vocal

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

Translations

• English: vocal