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Definition of vocables in English English dictionary
- plural of vocable
- vocable
- A word or utterance, especially with reference to its form rather than its meaning
At first the man puzzled; then he smiled. He pronounced a string of uncouth vocables.
- vocable
- able to be uttered
- vocable
- a word, especially one regarded in relation merely to its qualities of sound
- vocable
- {n} a word, name, term, noun
- vocable
- A word; a term; a name; specifically, a word considered as composed of certain sounds or letters, without regard to its meaning
- vocable
- {i} term, word, name; word considered merely as a grouping of letters which can be pronounced rather than a carrier of meaning
- vocable
- a word that is spoken aloud