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vocal — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • vocal adj Relating to, or produced by, the human voice.
  • vowel noun A speech sound made with an open vocal tract, without blocking the airflow — the core sound of a syllable.

Senses

vocal is used for these senses in English:

  • vocal (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.
  • vowel (phonetics) A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.
  • vowel (orthography) A letter or diacritic representing the sound of a vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, w (rarely), y (sometimes).

vocal — full definition

  1. adj Relating to, or produced by, the human voice.
  2. adj Outspoken; expressing opinions loudly and often.
  3. noun The sung part of a piece of music.

vowel — full definition

  1. noun A speech sound made with an open vocal tract, without blocking the airflow — the core sound of a syllable.
  2. noun A letter representing a vowel sound — in English, a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y.
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