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Vocable

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vo⋅ca⋅ble

[voh-kuh-buhl]
–noun
1. a word; term; name.
2. a word considered only as a combination of certain sounds or letters, without regard to meaning.
–adjective
3. capable of being spoken.

Origin:
1520–30; < L vocābulum a word, a name, equiv. to vocā(re) to call + -bulum n. suffix


vo⋅ca⋅bly, adverb
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vo·ca·ble   (vō'kə-bəl)   
n.  A word considered only as a sequence of sounds or letters rather than as a unit of meaning.
adj.  Capable of being voiced or spoken.

[French, from Old French, from Latin vocābulum, name, from vocāre, to call; see wekw- in Indo-European roots.]
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