vocale

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.kal/

• Audio

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• Homophones: vocal, vocales

Adjective

vocale

1. feminine singular of vocal

Anagrams

• alcôve

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /voˈka.le/
• Rhymes: -ale
• Hyphenation: vo‧cà‧le

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin vōcālis (“speaking, sounding”). By surface analysis, voc(e) (“voice”) +‎ -ale (“-al”, adjective-forming derivational suffix).

Adjective

vocale (plural vocali)

1. (relational) voice; vocal

Noun

vocale m (plural vocali)

1. (text messaging) Contraction of messaggio vocale. voice message
   • 2018, “Felicità puttana”, performed by Thegiornalisti:

     Ti mando un vocale di dieci minuti ¶ Soltanto per dirti quanto sono felice.

     I'm sending you a ten minutes long voice message only to tell you how happy I am.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin vōcālis (“vowel”).

Noun

vocale f (plural vocali)

1. vowel

Derived terms

• semivocale
• vocalista
• vocalità
• vocalizzare
• vocalizzazione

 

Related terms

• voce

See also

• consonante

References

• vocale in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Further reading

• vocale in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• vocale in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• vocàle in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

• alcove, celavo

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯oːˈkaː.le/, [u̯oːˈkäːɫ̪ɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /voˈka.le/, [voˈkäːle]

Adjective

vōcāle

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of vōcālis

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [voˈkale]

Adjective

vocale

1. feminine/neuter plural of vocal

Noun

vocale f pl

1. plural of vocală