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vocable

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Adjective, Noun
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CIDE DICTIONARY

vocablen. [L. vocabulum an appellation, designation, name, fr. vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, a voice, a word: cf. F. vocable. See Voice.].
     A word; a term; a name; specifically, a word considered as composed of certain sounds or letters, without regard to its meaning.  [1913 Webster]
    "Swamped near to drowning in a tide of ingenious vocables."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

vocable, n. a word, esp. with reference to form rather than meaning.

Etymology
F vocable or L vocabulum f. vocare call

THESAURUS

vocable

allophone, alveolar, antonym, apico-alveolar, apico-dental, articulation, aspiration, assimilation, bilabial, cacuminal, cerebral, check, consonant, continuant, dental, diphthong, dissimilation, epenthetic vowel, explosive, expression, free form, glide, glottal, glottalization, guttural, homograph, homonym, homophone, labial, labialization, labiodental, labiovelar, laryngeal, lateral, lexeme, lingual, linguistic act, linguistic form, liquid, locution, logos, manner of articulation, metonym, minimum free form, modification, monophthong, monosyllable, morphophoneme, mute, nasal, occlusive, palatal, parasitic vowel, parol, parole, peak, pharyngeal, pharyngealization, phonation, phone, phoneme, plosive, polysyllable, prothetic vowel, retroflex, segmental phoneme, semivowel, sequence of phonemes, sonant, sonority, speaking, speech act, speech sound, stop, string, surd, syllabic nucleus, syllabic peak, syllable, synonym, term, the spoken word, tongue, transition sound, triphthong, usage, utterance, utterance string, velar, verbalism, verbum, vocalic, vocoid, voice, voiced sound, voiceless sound, voicing, vowel, word, word of mouth

ROGET THESAURUS

vocable

Word

N word, term, vocable, name, phrase, root, etymon, derivative, part of speech, ideophone, dictionary, vocabulary, lexicon, glossary, index, concordance, thesaurus, gradus, delectus, etymology, derivation, glossology, terminology orismology, paleology, lexicography, glossographer, lexicologist, verbarian, verbal, literal, titular, nominal, conjugate, paronymous, derivative, verbally, verbatim, the artillery of words.


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