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Vocable

//ˈvəʊkəbl̩// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Able to be uttered. not-comparable

    "a vocable marker"

Noun
  1. 1
    A word or utterance, especially with reference to its form rather than its meaning.

    "Without words and almost with the seriousness of asylum nurses they at once set upon an unsavoury-looking matron who began to cry out Mediterranean vocables of distress."

  2. 2
    a word that is spoken aloud wordnet
  3. 3
    A syllable or sound without specific meaning, used together with or in place of actual words in a song.

    "Many Native American songs employ vocables, syllables that do not have referential meaning. These may be used to frame words or may be inserted among them; in some cases, they constitute the entire song text."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English vocable, from Middle French vocable and its etymon, Latin vocābulum, from vocō (“I call”).

Etymology 2

From Latin vocō + -able.

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