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vocable

 
Dictionary: vo·ca·ble   ('kə-bəl) pronunciation
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.]


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a word that is spoken aloud
  Synonym: spoken word


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In speech, a vocable is an utterance, term, or word that is capable of being spoken and recognized. A non-lexical vocable is used without semantic role or meaning, while structure of vocables is often considered apart from any meaning. A vocable consists of one or a sequence of phonemes and may be represented by a string of letters or other symbols.

Non-lexical vocables are often used in music. They are also used in experiments in cognitive psychology; examples from this context are the nonsense syllables introduced by Hermann Ebbinghaus, or the use of non-words that mimic the structure of real words in experiments in psycholinguistics.

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