different between speaker vs earpiece

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)

1. 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 ...

2. Loudspeaker.

3. Speakerphone.
4. (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.
5. One who makes a speech to an audience.

6. (US) A book containing passages of text for use in speeches.
8. (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 ...

   2. (poetry) The literary character uttering the lyrics of a poem or song, as opposed to the author writing the words of that character.

9. (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

1. (colloquial) loudspeaker

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English speaker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spi.kœ?/

Noun

speaker m (plural speakers, feminine speakerine)

1. announcer
2. speaker (in parliament)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English speaker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spi.ker/, /?spi.kar/

Noun

speaker m (invariable)

1. announcer, commentator (radio, TV)
2. 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)

1. speaker (in parliament)

English

Etymology

ear +? piece

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???pi?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???pi?s/

Noun

earpiece (plural earpieces)

1. A speaker placed inside or held near to the ear.

2. A receiver of a telephone to hold near to one's ear.
3. The arm on a pair of glasses that hooks over the ear to hold them in place.

See also

• speakerphone

Translations

Further reading

• earpiece on Wikipedia.Wikipedia