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nonvocal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
non-vo-cal
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not vocal; silent; not using one's voice.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs Proto-Italic *wōks Latin vōx Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin vōcālisbor. Middle English vocal English vocal English nonvocal From non- + vocal.

Inflected Forms

nonvocals (plural)

Rhymes With

local vocal focal yokel socle subvocal bocal bivocal semivocal jokul

Questions

What does nonvocal mean?
Not vocal; silent; not using one's voice.
Where does nonvocal come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs Proto-Italic *wōks Latin vōx Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin vōcālisbor. Middle English vocal English vocal English nonvocal From non- + vocal.

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