discourse

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• Received-Pronunciation, mainly: /ˈdɪs.kɔːs/
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• General-American, mainly: /ˈdɪs.kɔːɹs/
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• mainly: /ˈdɪs.koː(ɹ)s/ without the horse–hoarse merger
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• rhymes with -ɪskɔː(ɹ)s
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)s
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• homophone: disk horse
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• homophone: disc horse
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• Received-Pronunciation, mainly: /dɪsˈkɔːs/
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• General-American, mainly: /dɪsˈkɔːɹs/
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• mainly: /dɪsˈkoː(ɹ)s/ without the horse–hoarse merger
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH1 S K AO0 R S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English discours, borrowed from Middle French discours (“conversation, speech”), from Latin discursus (“the act of running about”), from Latin discurrō (“run about”), from dis- (“apart”) + currō (“run”). Spelling modified by influence of Middle French cours (“course”). Doublet of discursus.

182 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: gesprek — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Catalan: discurs — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Chinese Mandarin: 話語 /话语 (jiāotán) — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Danish: afhandling — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Danish: foredrag — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Danish: prædiken — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Danish: diskurs — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Dutch: betoog — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Dutch: discussie — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Dutch: gesprek — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Dutch: conversatie — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Dutch: uiting — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Dutch: communicatie — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Faroese: samskifti — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Finnish: ilmaus — expression in (spoken or written) words
• French: discours — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Galician: discurso — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Georgian: დისკურსი (disḳursi) — expression in (spoken or written) words
• German: Diskurs — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Greek: ομιλία (omilía) — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Indonesian: diskursus — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Indonesian: bahasan — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Italian: discorso — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Polish: dyskurs — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Portuguese: discurso — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Romanian: discurs — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Russian: ди́скурс (dískurs) — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Russian: диску́рс (diskúrs) — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Spanish: discurso — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Swedish: diskurs — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Turkish: mubahase — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Turkish: söz — expression in (spoken or written) words
• Afrikaans: diskoers — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Bulgarian: доклад (doklad) — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Bulgarian: лекция (lekcija) — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Chinese Mandarin: 論文 /论文 (lùnwén) — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Czech: řeč — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Czech: projev — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Czech: přednáška — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Danish: prædiken — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Danish: foredrag — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Danish: afhandling — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Dutch: betoog — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Dutch: verhandeling — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Dutch: discours — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Esperanto: diskurso — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Faroese: fyrilestur — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Faroese: ritgerð — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Finnish: tutkielma — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• French: discours — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Galician: discurso — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• German: Diskurs — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• German: Abhandlung — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Greek: ομιλία (omilía) — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Indonesian: diskursus — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Indonesian: wacana — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Japanese: 論文 (ronbun) — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Māori: whakatakotoranga — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Polish: dyskurs — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Portuguese: discurso — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Romanian: discurs — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Russian: докла́д (doklád) — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Russian: ле́кция (lékcija) — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Russian: речь (rečʹ) — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Russian: тракта́т (traktát) — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Spanish: discurso — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Swedish: diskurs — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Ottoman Turkish: قال (kal) — formal lengthy exposition of some subject
• Afrikaans: gesprek — verbal exchange or conversation
• Bulgarian: разговор (razgovor) — verbal exchange or conversation
• Chinese Mandarin: 交談 /交谈 (jiāotán) — verbal exchange or conversation
• Chinese Mandarin: 談話 /谈话 (tánhuà) — verbal exchange or conversation
• Chinese Mandarin: 會話 /会话 (huìhuà) — verbal exchange or conversation
• Czech: rozprava — verbal exchange or conversation
• Danish: samtale — verbal exchange or conversation
• Danish: debat — verbal exchange or conversation
• Dutch: conversatie — verbal exchange or conversation
• Dutch: gesprek — verbal exchange or conversation
• Dutch: gedachtewisseling — verbal exchange or conversation
• Faroese: samrøða — verbal exchange or conversation
• Faroese: orðaskifti — verbal exchange or conversation
• Finnish: diskurssi — verbal exchange or conversation
• Finnish: keskustelu — verbal exchange or conversation
• Finnish: ajatustenvaihto — verbal exchange or conversation
• French: conversation — verbal exchange or conversation
• French: discours — verbal exchange or conversation
• Galician: discurso — verbal exchange or conversation
• Galician: discusión — verbal exchange or conversation
• German: Diskurs — verbal exchange or conversation
• German: Gespräch — verbal exchange or conversation
• German: Debatte — verbal exchange or conversation
• Greek: συνομιλία (synomilía) — verbal exchange or conversation
• Hebrew: שִׂיחַ (síaẖ) — verbal exchange or conversation
• Italian: discussione — verbal exchange or conversation
• Japanese: 会話 (kaiwa) — verbal exchange or conversation
• Japanese: 対話 (taiwa) — verbal exchange or conversation
• Japanese: 会談 (kaidan) — verbal exchange or conversation
• Norwegian Bokmål: diskurs — verbal exchange or conversation
• Norwegian Nynorsk: diskurs — verbal exchange or conversation
• Polish: konwersacja — verbal exchange or conversation
• Portuguese: discussão — verbal exchange or conversation
• Romanian: discurs — verbal exchange or conversation
• Romanian: conversație — verbal exchange or conversation
• Russian: разгово́р (razgovór) — verbal exchange or conversation
• Russian: бесе́да (beséda) — verbal exchange or conversation
• Russian: ди́скурс (dískurs) — verbal exchange or conversation
• Russian: диску́рс (diskúrs) — verbal exchange or conversation
• Spanish: discurso — verbal exchange or conversation
• Spanish: conversación — verbal exchange or conversation
• Spanish: plática — verbal exchange or conversation
• Spanish: platicada — verbal exchange or conversation
• Spanish: coloquio — verbal exchange or conversation
• Spanish: proseo — verbal exchange or conversation
• Swedish: diskurs — verbal exchange or conversation
• Turkish: mübahase — verbal exchange or conversation
• Turkish: tartışma — verbal exchange or conversation
• Danish: udtryksform — rational expression, reason
• Dutch: rede — rational expression, reason
• Finnish: järkeily — rational expression, reason
• Galician: discurso — rational expression, reason
• German: Äußerung — rational expression, reason
• German: Folgerung — rational expression, reason
• Indonesian: diskursus — rational expression, reason
• Korean: 논설 (nonseol) — rational expression, reason
• Russian: рациона́льность (racionálʹnostʹ) — rational expression, reason
• Russian: разу́мность (razúmnostʹ) — rational expression, reason
• Afrikaans: diskoers — in social sciences
• Arabic: خِطَاب (ḵiṭāb) — in social sciences
• Armenian: խոսույթ (xosuytʻ) — in social sciences
• Azerbaijani: diskurs — in social sciences
• Chinese Mandarin: 談話 /谈话 (tánhuà) — in social sciences
• Dutch: vertoog — in social sciences
• Dutch: discours — in social sciences
• Finnish: diskurssi — in social sciences
• Galician: discurso — in social sciences
• German: Diskurs — in social sciences
• Greek: διάλεξη (diálexi) — in social sciences
• Hebrew: שִׂיחַ (síaẖ) — in social sciences
• Indonesian: diskursus — in social sciences
• Japanese: デイスクー (disukū) — in social sciences
• Persian: دیسکورس (diskors) — in social sciences
• Persian: گفتمان — in social sciences
• Polish: dyskurs — in social sciences
• Portuguese: discurso — in social sciences
• Romanian: discurs — in social sciences
• Russian: ди́скурс (dískurs) — in social sciences
• Russian: диску́рс (diskúrs) — in social sciences
• Spanish: discurso — in social sciences
• Swedish: diskurs — in social sciences
• Thai: วาทกรรม (waa-tá-gam) — in social sciences
• Bulgarian: разговарям (razgovarjam) — engage in discussion or conversation
• Bulgarian: дискутирам (diskutiram) — engage in discussion or conversation
• Chinese Mandarin: 談論 /谈论 (tánlùn) — engage in discussion or conversation
• Czech: rozmlouvat — engage in discussion or conversation
• Dutch: converseren — engage in discussion or conversation
• Dutch: spreken — engage in discussion or conversation
• Finnish: keskustella — engage in discussion or conversation
• German: reden — engage in discussion or conversation
• German: diskutieren — engage in discussion or conversation
• Greek: συνομιλώ (synomiló) — engage in discussion or conversation
• Greek: διαλέγομαι (dialégomai) — engage in discussion or conversation
• Ancient Greek: διαλέγομαι (dialégomai) — engage in discussion or conversation
• Latin: sermōcinor — engage in discussion or conversation
• Spanish: discursar — engage in discussion or conversation
• Ottoman Turkish: صحبت ایتمك (sohbet etmek) — engage in discussion or conversation
• Bulgarian: докладвам (dokladvam) — write or speak formally and at length
• Bulgarian: държа реч (dǎrža reč) — write or speak formally and at length
• Chinese Mandarin: 演講 /演讲 (yánjiǎng) — write or speak formally and at length
• Czech: pojednávat — write or speak formally and at length
• Danish: holde foredrag om — write or speak formally and at length
• Danish: tale om — write or speak formally and at length
• Finnish: käsitellä — write or speak formally and at length
• German: eine Rede f halten — write or speak formally and at length
• German: dozieren — write or speak formally and at length
• German: vortragen — write or speak formally and at length
• Greek: διαλέγομαι (dialégomai) — write or speak formally and at length
• Spanish: disertar — write or speak formally and at length
• Spanish: discursear — write or speak formally and at length
• Bulgarian: дискутирам (diskutiram) — to debate
• Dutch: bespreken — to debate
• Finnish: väitellä — to debate
• German: debattieren — to debate