eloquence

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From Middle English eloquence, from Old French eloquence, from Latin ēloquentia. Doublet of eloquency, directly from Latin.

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: بَلَاغَة (balāḡa) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Arabic: فَصَاحَة (faṣāḥa) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Belarusian: красамо́ўства (krasamówstva) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Bulgarian: красноре́чие (krasnoréčie) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Bulgarian: красноречи́вост (krasnorečívost) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Catalan: eloqüència — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Chinese Mandarin: 雄辯 /雄辩 (xióngbiàn) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Chinese Mandarin: 口才 (kǒucái) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Czech: výmluvnost — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Czech: výřečnost — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Dutch: welbespraaktheid — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Dutch: eloquentie — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Esperanto: elokventeco — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Finnish: kaunopuheisuus — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• French: éloquence — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Middle French: eloquence — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• German: Redegewandtheit — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• German: Eloquenz — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• German: Sprachfertigkeit — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• German: Beredsamkeit — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• German: Redseligkeit — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Greek: ευγλωττία (evglottía) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Greek: ευφράδεια (effrádeia) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Ancient Greek: καλλιρρημοσύνη (kallirrhēmosúnē) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Hindi: वाक्चातुर्य (vākcāturya) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Hindi: वाक्पटुता (vākpaṭutā) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Hindi: वाग्मिता (vāgmitā) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Hindi: वक्तृता (vaktŕtā) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Hindi: सुवचन (suvcan) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Hindi: बलाग़त (balāġat) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Hindi: फ़साहत (fasāhat) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Hungarian: ékesszólás — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Hungarian: beszédkészség — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Italian: eloquenza — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Japanese: 雄弁 (yūben) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Latin: fācundia — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Latin: ēloquium — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Latin: ēloquentia — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Macedonian: речитост (rečitost) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Macedonian: красноречивост (krasnorečivost) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Norwegian Bokmål: veltalenhet — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Norwegian Bokmål: språkferdighet — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Old Norse: málsnild — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Old Norse: málsnilld — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Persian: بَلَاغَت (balāġat) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Persian: فَصَاحَت (fasāhat) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Polish: elokwencja — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Portuguese: eloquência — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Punjabi: ਬਲਾਗ਼ਤ (balāġat) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Punjabi: ਫ਼ਸਾਹਤ (fasāhat) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Romanian: elocvență — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Russian: красноре́чие (krasnoréčije) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Russian: красноречивость (krasnorečivostʹ) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Sanskrit: वाक्चातुर्य (vākcāturya) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Sanskrit: वाक्पटुता (vākpaṭutā) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Sanskrit: वाग्मिता (vāgmitā) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Sanskrit: वक्तृता (vaktṛtā) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Sanskrit: सुवचन (suvacana) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Serbo-Croatian: рѐчито̄ст — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Serbo-Croatian: рјѐчито̄ст — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Serbo-Croatian: краснорѐчиво̄ст — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Serbo-Croatian: краснорјѐчиво̄ст — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Serbo-Croatian: rèčitōst — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Serbo-Croatian: rjèčitōst — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Serbo-Croatian: krasnorèčivōst — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Serbo-Croatian: krasnorjèčivōst — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Slovak: výrečnosť — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Slovene: zgovornost — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Spanish: elocuencia — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Swahili: usemaji — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Swedish: elokvens — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Swedish: vältalighet — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Tajik: балоғат (baloġat) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Tajik: фасоҳат (fasohat) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Tamil: சொல்வன்மை (colvaṉmai) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Tamil: பேச்சுத்திறன் (pēccuttiṟaṉ) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Turkish: belagat — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Turkish: konuşma sanatı — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Ukrainian: красномо́вство (krasnomóvstvo) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Ukrainian: красномо́вність (krasnomóvnistʹ) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Unami: wëlaptunheokàn — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Urdu: بَلَاغَت (balāġat) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Urdu: فَصَاحَت (fasāhat) — the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing
• Esperanto: elokvento — eloquent utterance