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To speak in a language unknown to the speaker, especially when in a state of religious ecstasy; glossolalia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
speak unintelligibly in or as if in religious ecstasy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The parishioners spoke in tongues
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
Calque of Ancient Greek ἐλάλουν τε γλώσσαις (eláloun te glṓssais)
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
說方言 /说方言
(shuō fāngyán)
— speak in a language unknown to the speaker
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Danish:
tale i tunger
— speak in a language unknown to the speaker
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Finnish:
puhua kielillä
— speak in a language unknown to the speaker
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French:
parler en langues
— speak in a language unknown to the speaker
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German:
in fremden Zungen sprechen
— speak in a language unknown to the speaker
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German:
in Sprachen reden
— speak in a language unknown to the speaker
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German:
in fremden Sprachen reden
— speak in a language unknown to the speaker
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German:
Sprachenrede praktizieren
— speak in a language unknown to the speaker
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German:
Zungenrede praktizieren
— speak in a language unknown to the speaker
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German:
Zungenreden praktizieren
— speak in a language unknown to the speaker
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German:
glossolalieren
— speak in a language unknown to the speaker
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Italian:
parlare in lingue
— speak in a language unknown to the speaker
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Japanese:
異言を語る
(igen o kataru)
— speak in a language unknown to the speaker
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Norwegian Bokmål:
tale i tunger
— speak in a language unknown to the speaker
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Norwegian Bokmål:
glossolalere
— speak in a language unknown to the speaker
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
tale i tunger
— speak in a language unknown to the speaker
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
glossolalere
— speak in a language unknown to the speaker
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Portuguese:
falar em línguas
— speak in a language unknown to the speaker
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Spanish:
hablar en lenguas
— speak in a language unknown to the speaker
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Swedish:
tala i tungor
— speak in a language unknown to the speaker
