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vocalis.

uttering a voice, having a voice; speaking, sounding, sonorous, speaking, crying, singing, melodious; vocal

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[woːˈkaː.lɪs]Classical-Latin[voˈkaː.lis]
  1. uttering a voice, having a voice; speaking, sounding, sonorous, speaking, crying, singing, melodious; vocal

    declension-3 · literally · two-termination
  2. making vocal, causing or inspiring speech or song

    causative · declension-3 · poetic · rare · two-termination
  3. prophesying

    declension-3 · two-termination
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs Proto-Italic *wōks Latin vōx Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin vōcālis From vōx (“a voice, sound, tone”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjective-forming derivational suffix).

noun[woːˈkaː.lɪs]Classical-Latin[voˈkaː.lis]
  1. vowel

    declension-3
Where this word comes from

Noun use of the adjective vōcālis, in elliptical use for littera vōcālis or lītera vōcālis (literally “sounding letter”), a calque of Ancient Greek φωνῆεν (phōnêen).

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