different between spoken vs spake

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?spo?k?n/
• Rhymes: -??k?n

Adjective

spoken (comparative more spoken, superlative most spoken)

1. Relating to speech
2. Speaking in a specified way

   soft-spoken

   well-spoken

Synonyms

• oral, verbal

Antonyms

• unspoken

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

spoken

1. past participle of speak

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spo?.k?(n)/
• Hyphenation: spo?ken
• Rhymes: -o?k?n

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch spoken. Equivalent to spook +? -en.

Verb

spoken

1. (intransitive) to haunt

Inflection

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

spoken

1. Plural form of spook

Middle English

Noun

spoken

1. plural of spoke

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?spok?n]

Verb

spoken

1. past participle of speak

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spe?k/
• Rhymes: -e?k

Etymology 1

From Middle English spake, spak, from Old Norse spakr (“wise, gentle, quiet”), from Proto-Germanic *spakaz (“wise, clever”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pe?- (“to understand; intelligent, attentive”). Cognate with Swedish spak (“manageable”), Danish spag (“quiet, gentle, timid, tame”).

Adjective

spake (comparative more spake, superlative most spake)

1. (obsolete) Quiet; tame.
2. (obsolete) Ready; prompt.

Derived terms

• spakely

Etymology 2

From Middle English spak, from Old English spæc, first and third person singular past tense of specan (“to speak”). More at speak.

Verb

spake

1. (archaic) simple past tense of speak

References

• spake in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• spake in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• -speak, Akpes, Paeks, Pasek, Peaks, kapes, peaks, speak

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

spake

1. Alternative form of spoke

Etymology 2

Verb

spake

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of speken