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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Vocable \Vo"ca*ble\, n. [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.                                --Carlyle.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Vocable \Vo"ca*ble\, n. [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.
  
           Swamped near to drowning in a tide of ingenious
           vocables.                                --Carlyle.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  vocable
       n : a word that is spoken aloud [syn: spoken word]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  vocable
     French n.
     term

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  vocable
     a.
     (lb en linguistics) able to be uttered.
     n.
     1 (lb en linguistics) A word or utterance, especially with reference
  to its form rather than its meaning.
     2 (lb en music) A syllable or sound without specific meaning, used
  together with or in place of actual words in a song.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  vocable
     French n.
     term

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  vocable
     French n.
     term

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Vocable /vˈəʊkəbəl/
  اللفظة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  vocable //ˈvoʊkəbl̩// //ˈvəʊkəbl̩// 
  произносим
  able to be uttered

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  vocable //ˈvoʊkəbl̩// //ˈvəʊkəbl̩// 
  дума
  linguistics: word or utterance

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  vocable /vˈəʊkəbəl/ 
  slovo

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  vocable /vˈəʊkəbəl/ 
  slůvko

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  vocable /vˈəʊkəbəl/
  Vokabel  [ling.]
     Synonym: word
  
   see: words, vocables, vocabulary, learn vocabulary
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  vocable //ˈvoʊkəbl̩// //ˈvəʊkəbl̩// 
  1. sane, vokaabeli, äännähdys
  linguistics: word or utterance
  2. lallatus, vokaabeli
  music: syllable or sound without specific meaning

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  vocable /vˈəʊkəbəl/
  1. kelime, söz
  2. konuşulabilen.

From français-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-spa ]

  vocable /vɔ.kabl/ 
  vocablo

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  100 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 语,单字;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 词,语,单字

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