different between locution vs eloquent
locution
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin loc?ti?, loc?ti?nem (“speech”), fromloquor (“speak”). Compare the French cognate locution.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lo???kju.?n?/
Noun
locution (plural locutions)
- A phrase or expression connected to an individual or a group of individuals through repeated usage.
- The television show host is widely recognized for his all-too-common locutions.
- The use of a word or phrase in an unusual or specialized way.
- 1992, Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights (page 299)
- So it cannot be supposed that promisings differ from other word-givings in that a word-giver makes a promise only if he or she uses the locution "I promise".
- 1992, Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights (page 299)
- (religion) A supernatural revelation where a religious figure, statue or icon speaks, usually to a saint.
Derived terms
- circumlocution
- locutionary
- locutive
- elocution
Related terms
- colloquial
- colloquium
- colloquy
- eloquent
- grandiloquent
- illocution
- interlocutor
- interlocution
- loquacious
- perlocution
- soliloquy
Translations
References
- locution in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- locution in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- locution at OneLook Dictionary Search
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin loc?ti?, loc?ti?nem (“speech”), from loqui (“speak”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?.ky.sj??/
Noun
locution f (plural locutions)
- phrase, locution
Derived terms
Further reading
- “locution” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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eloquent
English
Etymology
From Old French eloquent, from Latin eloquens (“speaking, having the faculty of speech, eloquent”), present participle of eloqui (“to speak out”), from e (“out”) + loqui (“to speak”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??l.??kw?nt/
Adjective
eloquent (comparative more eloquent, superlative most eloquent)
- fluently persuasive and articulate
- effective in expressing meaning by speech
Usage notes
Eloquent expresses stronger praise than do articulate or well-spoken.
Synonyms
- articulate
- well-spoken
Derived terms
- eloquently
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- eloquent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- eloquent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French éloquent, from Latin ?loqu?ns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?.lo??k??nt/
- Hyphenation: e?lo?quent
- Rhymes: -?nt
Adjective
eloquent (comparative eloquenter, superlative eloquentst)
- eloquent
Inflection
Synonyms
- bespraakt (uncommon)
- welbespraakt
- welsprekend
Related terms
- elocutie
- eloquentie
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
eloquent (comparative eloquenter, superlative am eloquentesten)
- eloquent
Declension
Synonyms
- redegewandt
Related terms
- Eloquenz
Further reading
- “eloquent” in Duden online
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French eloquent, from Latin eloquens (“speaking, having the faculty of speech, eloquent”), present participle of eloqui (“to speak out”), from e (“out”) + loqui (“to speak”).
Adjective
eloquent m (feminine singular eloquente, masculine plural eloquents, feminine plural eloquentes)
- eloquent
Related terms
- eloquence
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