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say it: VOH-kuhl
vocal is an adjective and noun meaning "relating to or designed for or using the singing voice". It is pronounced /ˈvoʊkəl/ — VOH-kuhl. It carries 6 recorded senses.
relating to or designed for or using the singing voice
“vocal technique”
“the vocal repertoire”
“organized a vocal group to sing his compositions”
having or using the power to produce speech or sound
“vocal organs”
“all vocal beings hymned their praise”
given to expressing yourself freely or insistently
“outspoken in their opposition to segregation”
“a vocal assembly”
music intended to be performed by one or more singers, usually with instrumental accompaniment
a short musical composition with words
“a successful musical must have at least three good songs”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for vocal come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.