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speech
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)
- (uncountable) The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the ability to speak or to use vocalizations to communicate.
- (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.
- A style of speaking.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:speech
- (grammar) Speech reported in writing; see direct speech, reported speech
- A dialect or language.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:language
- 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)
- (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.
- 1711, Jonathan Swift, An Excellent New Song
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)
- 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)
- An informal speech
Synonyms
- allocution
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speechcraft
English
Etymology
From speech +? -craft.
Noun
speechcraft (usually uncountable, plural speechcrafts)
- The art, skill or science of speech or language.
- Grammar. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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