different between speech vs leden

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

English

Alternative forms

• ledden

Etymology

From Middle English leden, leoden, from Old English l?oden (“national or popular language”). More at leid and leed.

Noun

leden (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Language; speech.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.11:

     he was expert in prophecies, / And could the ledden of the gods unfold […]

Anagrams

• elden, neeld

Czech

Etymology

From led (“ice”) +? -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?d?n/

Noun

leden m inan

1. January

Declension

Derived terms

• lednový

Further reading

• leden in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• leden in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Adjective

leden (neuter ledet, plural and definite singular attributive ledne)

1. (archaic) Passed, over, finished.
   • 1826, Carl Christian Rafn, Krakas maal: eller Kvad om kong Ragnar Lodbroks krigsbedrifter og heltedød, page 25

     Glad skal jeg Øl med Aser / I Öndvege drikke / Ledne er Livets Timer / Leende gaaer jeg i Døden!

     Happily shall I beer with the Æsir / In the seat of honour drink / The hours of life are over / Laughing, I walk into death!

   • 1820, Dansk Ordbog: I - L, page 94

     Leden adj. part. af v. lider procedo. Som er til Ende, forløben. Da vare ledne (forløbne) 4 Aar siden. Der hans meste Alder var leden (forbi). ...

Noun

leden c

1. definite singular of lede

Verb

leden

1. common past participle of lide

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?d?n

Noun

leden

1. Plural form of lid

Verb

leden

1. plural past indicative and subjunctive of lijden

Anagrams

• delen, lende

Middle English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l??d?n/

Etymology 1

From Old English l?dan, from Proto-Germanic *laidijan?.

Alternative forms

• lede, leaden, leeden, lædden

Verb

leden

2. to lead (guide, conduct, direct)
   • 1395 Wycliffe Bible, Romans 2:4

     Whether `dispisist thou the richessis of his goodnesse, and the pacience, and the long abidyng? Knowist thou not, that the benygnyte of God ledith thee to forthenkyng?

   • 1395 Wycliffe Bible, II Chronicles 25:11

     Forsothe Amasie ledde out tristili his puple, and yede in to the valei of makyngis of salt, and he killide of the sones of Seir ten thousynde.

   • 1395 Wycliffe Bible, Isaiah 53:7

     He was offrid, for he wolde, and he openyde not his mouth; as a scheep he schal be led to sleyng, and he schal be doumb as a lomb bifore hym that clippith it, and he schal not opene his mouth.

3. to lead (manage, oversee, administrate)
4. to lead (rule, head, hold ultimate authority)
5. to carry, take, bring
6. to put, place, set down
7. to lead (a life), to live
8. to cause, engender, beget

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: lead
• Scots: leid, lede

References

• “l?den, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-25.

Etymology 2

From Old English l?aden; equivalent to led +? -en.

Alternative forms

• leaden, ledyn, ledun, ledyng

Adjective

leden

2. Made of lead; containing lead
3. Having the appearance of lead; leaden

Descendants

• English: leaden

References

• “leden,, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 28 April 2018.

Etymology 3

A conflation of Old English l?oden (“national language”); and L?den (“Latin”).

Alternative forms

• lede, ledne, ledene, ledden, liden

Noun

leden

1. Latin (language)
3. A language or tongue
4. singing, music

Synonyms

• langage, language
• speche
• tung
• thede

Descendants

• Scots: leid

References

• “l??den, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-25.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

leden m

1. definite singular of led

Anagrams

• LED-en, delen, elden, led-en

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *led?n?. Cognate with Russian ??????? (ledjanoj), led (ice) or sladoled (sweet ice = ice cream).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lêden/
• Hyphenation: led?en

Adjective

l?den (definite l?den?, comparative ledènij?, Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. (relational) ice; icy, glacial
2. cold, frigid, chilled

3. crystalline, clear and transparent
4. relating to the ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)
5. (figuratively) unwelcoming, coldhearted, unfeeling
6. (figuratively) (of fear, doubt, or surprise) immobilizing

Declension

Usage notes

Historically, l?dan primarily meant “of or relating to ice”, while l?den primarily meant “made of ice”, but each was often used for the other; today, l?den is by far the more common of the two.

Synonyms

• l?dan

References

• Pero Budmani, editor (1898-1903) , “leden”, in Rje?nik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 5, Zagreb: JAZU, page 950
• “leden” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Swedish

Noun

leden

1. definite singular of led (joint)
2. definite plural of led (step)

Anagrams

• delen, elden, en del