vocational
/vəʊˈkeɪʃənəl/voh-KAY-shuh-nuhl
/voʊˈkeɪʃənəl/voh-KAY-shuh-nuhl
Meaningrelating to a calling
Common meaning: relating to vocation
- vocvoice; to callLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 2003 · scan
- ationnoun ending: act or result
- aladjective ending: relating to
Journey through time
- Latinvōx, vōcis; vocō‘voice’
- Frenchvocation
- Englishvocation‘a calling to a kind of work’
- Englishformed in English from vocationvocational‘relating to vocation’ · today
Sources & notes
Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: relating to a calling. It can be inferred from any of: vocation.
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from vocation + -al (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- vōx, vōcis; vocō Latin “voice; to call”
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