a word or term; esp., a word regarded as a unit of sounds or letters rather than as a unit of meaning
Origin of vocable
French from Classical Latin vocabulum, a name, title, word from vocare, to call from vox, voicevocable
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vocable
noun
A word considered only as a sequence of sounds or letters rather than as a unit of meaning.
adjective
Capable of being voiced or spoken.
Origin of vocable
French from Old French from Latin vocābulum name from vocāre to call ; see wekw- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural vocables)
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