A vocal performance with no instrumental accompaniment.
In a manner of a choir with no instrumental accompaniment; literally, "in the style of the (Sistine) Chapel (in Rome)", such as a musical Mass done a cappella.
Singing solely or mainly without instrumental accompaniment.
Related to a form of purely vocal music mostly associated with American college performance groups.
A formal session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person.
The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.
Language used orally, rather than in writing.
An utterance that is quoted; see direct speech, reported speech
Public talk, news, gossip, rumour.
The act of speaking, a certain style of it.
A dialect, vernacular, or (dated) a language.
To make a speech; to harangue.