vocable
[ voh-kuh-buh l ]
/ ˈvoʊ kə bəl /
noun
a word; term; name.
a word considered only as a combination of certain sounds or letters, without regard to meaning.
adjective
capable of being spoken.
Origin of vocable
1520–30; < Latin
vocābulum a word, a name, equivalent to
vocā(re) to call +
-bulum noun suffix
OTHER WORDS FROM vocable
vo·ca·bly, adverb non·vo·ca·ble, adjective, noun un·vo·ca·ble, adjectiveWords nearby vocable
voa,
voc,
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vocab,
vocab.,
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vocabulary,
vocabulary entry,
vocal,
vocal cord,
vocal cord nodules
Example sentences from the Web for vocable
There was a vocable that occasioned me some perplexity—indeed a haze envelopes it still.
An Irishman's Difficulties with the Dutch Language |N.A. Cuey-na-GaelSuppose I have an idea to which I give utterance by the vocable 'skrkl,' claiming at the same time that it is true.
The Meaning of Truth |William JamesOften I had wished to test in speech the widely alleged merits of this vocable.
Somewhere in Red Gap |Harry Leon WilsonWe find ourselves before a Greek vocable reproduced in Tifinar.
Atlantida |Pierre Benoit
British Dictionary definitions for vocable
vocable
/ (ˈvəʊkəbəl) /
noun
any word, either written or spoken, regarded simply as a sequence of letters or spoken sounds, irrespective of its meaning
a vocal sound; vowel
adjective
capable of being uttered
Derived forms of vocable
vocably, adverbWord Origin for vocable
C16: from Latin
vocābulum a designation, from
vocāre to call