vocales

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /voʊˈkeɪˌliz/
• Rhymes: -eɪliːz

Noun

vocales

1. plural of vocalis

Anagrams

• alcoves, coevals

Asturian

Noun

vocales

1. plural of vocal

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.kal/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: vocal, vocale

Adjective

vocales

1. feminine plural of vocal

Anagrams

• alcôves

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯oːˈkaː.leːs/, [u̯oːˈkäːɫ̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /voˈka.les/, [voˈkäːles]

Etymology 1

Ellipsis of hominēs vōcālēs (“singing people”).

Noun

vōcālēs m pl (genitive vōcālium); third declension (Late Latin)

1. vocalists, singers

Inflection

Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.

	plural
nominative	vōcālēs
genitive	vōcālium
dative	vōcālibus
accusative	vōcālēs vōcālīs
ablative	vōcālibus
vocative	vōcālēs

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

vōcālēs

1. nominative/accusative/vocative masculine/feminine plural of vōcālis

Noun

vōcālēs f

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of vōcālis

References

• “vocalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Middle High German

Noun

vocales pl

1. vowels
   • 13th century, Reinbot von Durne. In: Der heilige Georg des Reinbot von Durne. Mit einer Einleitung über die Legende und das Gedicht herausgegeben und erklärt von Dr. Ferdinand Vetter, Halle a. S., 1896, p.40, line 1084:

     die vünf vocâles sint hie bî

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• vocalis f

Further reading

• Iwein. Eine Erzählung von Hartmann von Aue. Mit Anmerkungen von G. F. Benecke und K. Lachmann, 2nd edition, Berlin, 1843, p. 385: "die fünf vôcâles sint hie bî" [cite in a New High German text, not part of a complete Middle High German text]

Spanish

Adjective

vocales

1. plural of vocal

Noun

vocales f pl

1. plural of vocal