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speaker
English
Etymology
From Middle English speker, spekere, an alteration (with change of suffix) of Old English speca, spreca (“speaker”), from Proto-Germanic *sprekô (“speaker”), equivalent to speak +? -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Spreeker (“speaker”), West Frisian sprekker (“speaker”), Dutch spreker (“speaker”), German Low German Spreker (“speaker”), German Sprecher (“speaker”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?spik?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?spi?k?/
- Rhymes: -i?k?(?)
Noun
speaker (plural speakers)
- One who speaks.
- 1989, R. Norman Whybray, Ecclesiastes, A&C Black (?ISBN), page 15:
- This title is derived from the first verse of the book (1.1), which is a heading or colophon informing the reader who this Qoheleth was: he was the author of the book, or at least the speaker of the words which are contained in it ...
- 1989, R. Norman Whybray, Ecclesiastes, A&C Black (?ISBN), page 15:
- Loudspeaker.
- Speakerphone.
- (politics) The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.
- One who makes a speech to an audience.
- (US) A book containing passages of text for use in speeches.
- (especially in linguistics) The producer of a given utterance, whether speech or text.
- 2002, Merlin Donald, A Mind So Rare: The Evolution of Human Consciousness, W. W. Norton & Company (?ISBN), page 242:
- The speaker spelled out the words to be communicated, letter by letter, while the reader's hand read the speaker's message. In its original form the hand alphabet assumed that both speaker and reader could already speak and spell the words ...
- (poetry) The literary character uttering the lyrics of a poem or song, as opposed to the author writing the words of that character.
- 2002, Merlin Donald, A Mind So Rare: The Evolution of Human Consciousness, W. W. Norton & Company (?ISBN), page 242:
- (music) A key on a woodwind instrument of the clarinet family (cf octave key on other instruments) which induces the instrument to overblow.
Synonyms
- talker
Translations
Further reading
- Link to web page on Speaker of the House of Commons (3)
Anagrams
- Preseka, parkees, peakers, re-speak, respake, respeak
Brunei Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from English speaker.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spik?/
- Hyphenation: spea?ker
Noun
speaker
- (colloquial) loudspeaker
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English speaker.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spi.kœ?/
Noun
speaker m (plural speakers, feminine speakerine)
- announcer
- speaker (in parliament)
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English speaker.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?spi.ker/, /?spi.kar/
Noun
speaker m (invariable)
- announcer, commentator (radio, TV)
- speaker (parliamentary)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?spike?/, [?spi.ke?]
- IPA(key): /es?pike?/, [es?pi.ke?]
Noun
speaker m or f (plural speakers or speaker)
- speaker (in parliament)
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amp
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?mp, IPA(key): /æmp/
- Rhymes: -æmp
Noun
amp (countable and uncountable, plural amps)
- (colloquial, countable) Short for ampere.
- (colloquial, countable) Short for amplifier.
- (colloquial, countable) Short for ampoule.
- 1963, Washington (State). Legislature. Joint Committee on Governmental Cooperation, Report and Recommendations (page 45)
- The physician had included a note which said: "Dear Miss ........, I could not get the name of your friend over the phone so I am sending two prescriptions for Methedrine amps and one prescription for Drinalfa ten cc vials.
- 1963, Washington (State). Legislature. Joint Committee on Governmental Cooperation, Report and Recommendations (page 45)
- (colloquial, countable) Short for amputee.
- (colloquial, uncountable) Short for ampicillin.
Verb
amp (third-person singular simple present amps, present participle amping, simple past and past participle amped)
- (colloquial, usually with up) To amplify.
- He asked the disk jockey to amp it up.
- (colloquial, usually with up) To excite.
- 2012, Natalie Anderson, First Time Lucky? (page 78)
- In the distance, the music thumped, amping the crowd higher.
- 2013, Hansi Lo Wang, Morning Edition, National Public Radio
- And it's raining, a little bit of drizzle, but the crowd is amped up and ready for a big event today.
- 2012, Natalie Anderson, First Time Lucky? (page 78)
- (colloquial, usually with up) To intensify or increase.
- 2003 CMJ New Music Monthly (number 115, page 42)
- Amping the Justin Timberlake cameos and revving up Jiggytron 5000, these Peas want to be on Middle America's fickle plate — losing little dread-whippin' imaginativeness in the wizzash.
- 2014, Andy Paul, Amp Up Your Sales, AMACOM Books
- 2003 CMJ New Music Monthly (number 115, page 42)
Derived terms
- amp up
Translations
References
Anagrams
- APM, MAP, MPA, PAM, Pam, map, p.m.a., pam, pma
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch ambt, from Middle Dutch ampt, from Middle High German ambet, ambt (whence modern German Amt), from Old High German ambahti, from Proto-Germanic *ambahtaz, from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic *ambaxtos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amp/
Noun
amp (plural ampte)
- An official position, a function, an office, a post.
Derived terms
- amptelik
Related terms
- ambag
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