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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈvəʊ.kəl/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈvoʊ.kəl/
• 韻: -əʊkəl

形容詞

vocal (comparative more vocal, superlative most vocal)

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.

   vocal problems

   1. (anatomy) Used in the production of speech sounds.

      vocal apparatus

   2. (music) Relating to, composed or arranged for, or sung by the human voice.
   3. (phonetics) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng.

      Synonyms: sonant, intonated, voiced

   4. (phonetics) Synonym of vocalic.
2. Uttered or modulated by the voice; expressed in words.

   Synonyms: oral, audible

   Antonyms: inaudible, quiet, silent, voiceless

   vocal melody, vocal prayer, vocal worship

   1. Expressing opinions or feelings freely, loudly, or insistently.

      Synonyms: outspoken, loud, audible

      Antonyms: inaudible, quiet, silent

      The protesters were very vocal in their message to the mayor.

      • 2025 February 19, Paul Clifton, “I am absolutely committed to reforming the railway”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 41:

        Hendy has come out as something of an evangelist for discontinuous electrification. For Waterloo-Exeter, this could make real sense on a route where the high capital cost of wiring or third rail all the way to Devon would be prohibitive. But what about his vocal support for it on East West Rail, which is effectively a brand new line?

   2. Having or exercising the power of producing voice, speech, or sound.

      Synonym: spoken

      • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:

        To hill or valley, fountain, or fresh shade,
        Made vocal by my song.

      • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XIX”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 32:

        The tide flows down, the wave again
        ⁠Is vocal in its wooded walls:
        ⁠My deeper anguish also falls,
        And I can speak a little then.

   3. Synonym of expressive.
   4. Full of voices.

      Synonym: resounding

派生語

名詞

vocal (plural vocals)

1. (phonetics) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic.

   Coordinate terms: subvocal, nonvocal

2. (music) A part of a piece of music that is sung.

   Synonym: song

   Hyponyms: backup vocals, lead vocals

   • 1975, Billboard, volume 87, number 24, page 50:

     Best cuts: "The Evil Dude," "Kung Fu, Too!" "Mama Love," "New Orleans" (with a punchy vocal by Teresa Brewer).

   1. (acting) A musical performance involving singing.
3. (Catholicism) A man in the Roman Catholic Church who has a right to vote in certain elections.

派生語

• gang vocal
• off vocal
• vocalic
• vocalese

関連する語

参考

• voice
• vowel

参照

• “vocal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “vocal”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.