eloquent

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• UK: /ˈɛl.əˌkwənt/
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• CMU ARPABET: EH1 L AH0 K W AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Old French eloquent, from Latin eloquens (“speaking, having the faculty of speech, eloquent”), present participle of eloquor (“to speak out”), from e (“out”) + loquor (“to speak”).

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: فَصِيح (faṣīḥ) — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Arabic: فُصْحَى (fuṣḥā) — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Arabic: بَلِيغ (balīḡ) — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Arabic: طَلِيق اللِّسَان (ṭalīq al-lisān) — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Armenian: պերճախոս (perčaxos) — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Azerbaijani: bəlağətli — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Azerbaijani: fəsahətli — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Basque: berritsu — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Bulgarian: красноречив (krasnorečiv) — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Catalan: eloqüent — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Chinese Mandarin: 有口才 (yǒu kǒucái) — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Chinese Mandarin: 口若懸河 /口若悬河 (kǒuruòxuánhé) — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Chinese Mandarin: 能言善辯 /能言善辩 (néngyán-shànbiàn) — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Czech: výřečný — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Czech: výmluvný — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Danish: veltalende — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Dutch: welsprekend — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Dutch: eloquent — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Dutch: welbespraakt — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Egyptian: nfr-f:r-md-d-w-A2 (nfr mdw) — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Esperanto: elokventa — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Finnish: kaunopuheinen — fluently persuasive and articulate
• French: éloquent — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Galician: elocuente — fluently persuasive and articulate
• German: redegewandt — fluently persuasive and articulate
• German: eloquent — fluently persuasive and articulate
• German: wortgewandt — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Greek: εύγλωττος (évglottos) — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Greek: ευφραδής (effradís) — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Ancient Greek: εὔγλωσσος (eúglōssos) — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Ancient Greek: ἐλλόγιμος (ellógimos) — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Hungarian: ékesszóló — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Icelandic: mæskur — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Ido: eloquenta — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Italian: eloquente — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Japanese: 雄弁な (yūben na) — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Japanese: 爽やかな (sawayaka na) — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Japanese: 三寸な (sanzun na) — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Japanese: 口八丁な (kuchihatchō na) — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Latin: argūtus — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Latin: ēloquens — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Latin: fācundus — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Macedonian: речит (rečit) — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Macedonian: красно́речив (krasnórečiv) — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Manx: jeih-ocklagh — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Māori: wahapū — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Polish: elokwentny — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Portuguese: eloquente — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Romanian: elocvent — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Russian: красноречи́вый (krasnorečívyj) — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Scottish Gaelic: deas-bhriathrach — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Slovak: výrečný — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Spanish: elocuente — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Swedish: vältalig — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Swedish: elokvent — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Ottoman Turkish: فصیح (fasih) — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Welsh: huawdl — fluently persuasive and articulate
• Arabic: فَصِيح (faṣīḥ) — effective in expressing meaning
• Arabic: فُصْحَى (fuṣḥā) — effective in expressing meaning
• Bulgarian: изразителен (izrazitelen) — effective in expressing meaning
• Catalan: eloqüent — effective in expressing meaning
• Chinese Mandarin: 雄辯的 /雄辩的 (xióngbiàn de) — effective in expressing meaning
• Czech: přesvědčivý — effective in expressing meaning
• Finnish: vakuuttava — effective in expressing meaning
• French: éloquent — effective in expressing meaning
• Hebrew: אִישׁ דְּבָרִים (ish dvarím) — effective in expressing meaning
• Hindi: सुवक्ता (suvaktā) — effective in expressing meaning
• Hungarian: ékesszóló — effective in expressing meaning
• Ido: eloquenta — effective in expressing meaning
• Italian: loquace — effective in expressing meaning
• Italian: articolato — effective in expressing meaning
• Italian: verboso — effective in expressing meaning
• Italian: pedissequo — effective in expressing meaning
• Macedonian: изразит (izrazit) — effective in expressing meaning
• Manx: jeih-ocklagh — effective in expressing meaning
• Portuguese: eloquente — effective in expressing meaning
• Romanian: elocvent — effective in expressing meaning
• Russian: вырази́тельный (vyrazítelʹnyj) — effective in expressing meaning
• Scottish Gaelic: deas-bhriathrach — effective in expressing meaning
• Swedish: slående — effective in expressing meaning
• Swedish: talande — effective in expressing meaning
• Swedish: träffande — effective in expressing meaning
• Ottoman Turkish: فصیح (fasih) — effective in expressing meaning
• Welsh: huawdl — effective in expressing meaning