vocable UK /ˈvəʊkəbl̩/US /ˈvoʊkəbl̩/noun 2adjective 1forms 1 noun2 •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. — 1974 •A syllable or sound without specific meaning, used together with or in place of actual words in a song. adjective1 •Able to be uttered. formsvocables
