different between speech vs bagan

English

Alternative forms

• speach (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English speche, from Old English sp??, spr?? (“speech, discourse, language”), from Proto-Germanic *spr?kij?, *spr?k? (“speech, language”), from Proto-Indo-European *spereg-, *spreg- (“to make a sound”). Cognate with Dutch spraak (“speech”), German Sprache (“language, speech”). More at speak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spi?t?/
• Rhymes: -i?t?

Noun

speech (countable and uncountable, plural speeches)

1. (uncountable) The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the ability to speak or to use vocalizations to communicate.
2. (countable) A session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person.

   Synonyms: monologue, oration, soliloquy

   • 1720, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to a Young Clergyman

     The constant design of both these orators, in all their speeches, was to drive some one particular point.
3. A style of speaking.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:speech
4. (grammar) Speech reported in writing; see direct speech, reported speech
5. A dialect or language.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:language
6. Talk; mention; rumour.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

• speak

Translations

Verb

speech (third-person singular simple present speeches, present participle speeching, simple past and past participle speeched)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make a speech; to harangue.
   • 1711, Jonathan Swift, An Excellent New Song

     I'll speech against peace while Dismal's my name, / And be a true whig, while I'm Not-in-game.

Derived terms

• bespeech

Anagrams

• cheeps

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English speech.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spit?/

Noun

speech m (plural speechen or speeches, diminutive speechje n)

1. speech, oration (oral monologic address of some length)

   redevoering (“toespraak”)

Derived terms

• speechen

Anagrams

• scheep

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spit?/

Noun

speech m (plural speechs)

1. An informal speech

Synonyms

• allocution

Acehnese

Noun

bagan

1. toilet

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Bambara

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (ba?l).

Noun

bagan

1. animal, beast

Dyula

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (ba?l).

Noun

bagan

1. animal, beast
2. fool

Old High German

Alternative forms

• p?gan

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *b?gan?.

Verb

b?gan

1. to fight
   • 9th century, Muspilli lines 37-38:

Conjugation

Derived terms

• b?galin
• b?g?ri
• b?g?ta
• b?gheit
• b?gostr?t
• b?gunga
• gib?gan

Related terms

• b?g
• b?ga
• b?g?n

Descendants

• Middle High German: b?gen
  • ? German: bägern
  • Bavarian: bägen
  • ? Swabian: bägeren
• ? Middle French: bagarot
• ? Occitan: bagarro
  • ? French: bagarre; bagarrer
    • ? Italian: bagarre