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loquacity

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /loʊˈkwæsɪti/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æsɪti

1

noun

Meaning 1

Talkativeness; the quality of being loquacious.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the quality of being wordy and talkative

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: garrulity, garrulousness, loquaciousness, talkativeness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: communicativeness

Narrower terms: leresis

History

Etymology

From Middle French loquacité, from Latin loquācitās (whence -acity), from loquor (“to say, speak, tell, talk, utter”).

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: ለፍላፊነት (läflafinät) — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • Catalan: loquacitat — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • Dutch: spraakzaamheid — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • Esperanto: parolemo — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • Finnish: puheliaisuus — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • French: loquacité — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • Galician: locuacidade — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • Georgian: ყბედობა (q̇bedoba) — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • German: Schwatzhaftigkeit — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • German: Geschwätzigkeit — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • German: Gesprächigkeit — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • German: Redseligkeit — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • Irish: cabaireacht — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • Italian: loquacità — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • Latin: loquācitās — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • Latvian: runība — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • Latvian: valodība — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • Latvian: pļāpība — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • Latvian: pļāpīgums — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • Latvian: runīgums — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • Latvian: valodīgums — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • Norwegian: snakkesalighet — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • Polish: gadatliwość — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • Polish: wielomówność — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • Portuguese: loquacidade — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • Russian: говорли́вость (govorlívostʹ) — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • Russian: словоохо́тливость (slovooxótlivostʹ) — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • Russian: болтли́вость (boltlívostʹ) — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • Russian: разгово́рчивость (razgovórčivostʹ) — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • Spanish: locuacidad — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • Volapük: spikotäl — talkativeness — see also talkativeness
  • Volapük: spikodiäl — talkativeness — see also talkativeness