vocal

Meanings

Adjective

• Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
• Uttered or modulated by the voice; expressed in words.

Noun

• A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic.
• A part of a piece of music that is sung.
• A man in the Roman Catholic Church who has a right to vote in certain elections.

Origin

• Late Middle English vocal, borrowed from Latin vōcālis ("uttering a voice, sounding, speaking"), from vōx + -ālis. vowel, and vocalis. Compare Old French vocal.