Standard Lemma guide

speaker

name · noun · 15 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: /ˈspikɚ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈspiːkə/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːkə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: S P IY1 K ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One who speaks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • There were three different speakers, but I couldn't make out their accents.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Loudspeaker.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • She lost her hearing after standing too close to the speaker at the festival.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Speakerphone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • you're on speaker
  • I'm gonna put you on speaker now

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

One who makes a speech to an audience.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: orator, presenter, announcer
  • hired speaker; motivational speaker
  • The company hired a motivational speaker to boost morale.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: speechmaker, orator, presenter, announcer

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A book containing passages of text for use in speeches.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

The producer of a given utterance, whether speech or text.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: especially

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

The producer of a given utterance, whether speech or text.

The literary character uttering the lyrics of a poem or song, as opposed to the author writing the words of that character.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: especially

Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing

Examples

  • Popular culture often incorrectly attributes quotes from the speakers of poems or songs to the authors thereof, as when "I took the one less traveled by" is attributed to Robert Frost rather than to the speaker in Frost's "The Road Not Taken".

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A key on a woodwind instrument of the clarinet family (compare octave key on other instruments) which induces the instrument to overblow.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A wooden pole or spike used by hedgers to carry loads on their shoulders. Possibly Dorset dialect.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

Alternative letter-case form of speaker (“presiding officer of a legislative body”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: loudspeaker, speaker unit, loudspeaker system, speaker system

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: electro-acoustic transducer

Narrower terms: bullhorn, loud hailer, loud-hailer, squawk box, squawker, intercom speaker, subwoofer, tannoy, tweeter, woofer

14

noun

Meaning 14

someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the speaker at commencement
  • an utterer of useful maxims

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: articulator

Narrower terms: alliterator, caller, caller-up, phoner, telephoner, chatterer, babbler, prater, chatterbox, magpie, spouter, conversationalist, conversationist, schmoozer, dictator, drawler, driveller, jabberer, ejaculator, growler, inquirer, enquirer, questioner, querier, asker, lecturer, lisper, mentioner, motormouth, mutterer, mumbler, murmurer, narrator, storyteller, teller, orator, speechmaker, rhetorician, public speaker, speechifier, prattler, ranter, raver, reciter, native speaker, stammerer, stutterer, stentor, talking head, venter, vociferator, voicer, wailer, whisperer, witness, witnesser, informant

15

noun

Meaning 15

the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the leader of the majority party is the Speaker of the House of Representatives

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: presiding officer

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *spregh-? Proto-Indo-European *spreg-? Proto-Germanic *sprekaną Proto-West Germanic *sprekan Old English sprecan Old English specan Middle English speken Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English spekere, speker English speaker From Middle English speker, spekere, an alteration (with change of suffix) of Old English speca, spreca (“speaker”), from Proto-Germanic *sprekô (“speaker”), equivalent to speak + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Spreeker (“speaker”), West Frisian sprekker (“speaker”), Dutch spreker (“speaker”), German Low German Spreker (“speaker”), German Sprecher (“speaker”).

Across languages

Translations

351 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: ተናጋሪ (tänagari) — one who speaks
  • Arabic: خَطِيب (ḵaṭīb) — one who speaks
  • Arabic: مُتَكَلِّم (mutakallim) — one who speaks
  • Arabic: مُحَدِّث (muḥaddiṯ) — one who speaks
  • Aragonese: charrador — one who speaks
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܠܵܠܵܐ (mālala) — one who speaks
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܲܡܙܸܡܵܢܵܐ (hāmzimana) — one who speaks
  • Armenian: խոսող (xosoġ) — one who speaks
  • Basque: hiztun mintzazaile — one who speaks
  • Belarusian: гаво́рачы (havóračy) — one who speaks
  • Belarusian: спі́кер (spíkjer) — one who speaks
  • Bulgarian: говори́тел (govorítel) — one who speaks
  • Bulgarian: говори́телка (govorítelka) — one who speaks
  • Catalan: parlant — one who speaks
  • Cherokee: ᎦᏬᏂᏍᎩ (gawonisgi) — one who speaks
  • Chinese Mandarin: 說話者 /说话者 (shuōhuàzhě) — one who speaks
  • Chinese Mandarin: 發話者 /发话者 (fāhuàzhě) — one who speaks
  • Czech: mluvčí — one who speaks
  • Danish: taler — one who speaks
  • Dutch: spreker — one who speaks
  • Dutch: spreekster — one who speaks
  • Esperanto: parolanto — one who speaks
  • Estonian: rääkija — one who speaks
  • Estonian: kõneleja — one who speaks
  • Extremaduran: palranti — one who speaks
  • Finnish: puhuja — one who speaks
  • French: parleur — one who speaks
  • French: parleuse — one who speaks
  • French: locuteur — one who speaks
  • French: locutrice — one who speaks
  • Friulian: fevelant — one who speaks
  • Galician: falante — one who speaks
  • Georgian: მოლაპარაკე (molaṗaraḳe) — one who speaks
  • German: Sprecher — one who speaks
  • German: Sprecherin — one who speaks
  • Greek: ομιλητής (omilitís) — one who speaks
  • Hindi: वक्ता (vaktā) — one who speaks
  • Hindi: वाचक (vācak) — one who speaks
  • Hungarian: beszélő — one who speaks
  • Icelandic: mælandi — one who speaks
  • Ido: parolanto — one who speaks
  • Indonesian: penutur — one who speaks
  • Interlingua: parlator — one who speaks
  • Italian: parlante — one who speaks
  • Japanese: 話者 (washa) — one who speaks
  • Japanese: 話し手 (hanashite) — one who speaks
  • Japanese: スピーカー (supīkā) — one who speaks
  • Kashmiri: ووک (vōk) — one who speaks
  • Kashmiri: وَنَن وول (vanan vōl) — one who speaks
  • Khmer: វាគ្មិន (viəkmɨn) — one who speaks
  • Korean: 화자 (hwaja) — one who speaks
  • Korean: 스피커 (seupikeo) — one who speaks
  • Latin: orator — one who speaks
  • Macedonian: говорник (govornik) — one who speaks
  • Macedonian: говорничка (govornička) — one who speaks
  • Macedonian: говорител (govoritel) — one who speaks
  • Macedonian: говорителка (govoritelka) — one who speaks
  • Malayalam: സംസാരിക്കുന്നയാൾ (saṁsārikkunnayāḷ) — one who speaks
  • Maltese: kelliem — one who speaks
  • Maltese: kelliema — one who speaks
  • Māori: kaikōrero — one who speaks
  • Marathi: बोलणारा (bolṇārā) — one who speaks
  • Marathi: बोलणारी (bolṇārī) — one who speaks
  • Marathi: बोलणारे (bolṇāre) — one who speaks
  • Miami: aacimona — one who speaks
  • Middle English: spekere — one who speaks
  • Norman: pâleux — one who speaks
  • Norwegian Bokmål: taler — one who speaks
  • Old English: spreca — one who speaks
  • Iranian Persian: گویَنْدِه (guyande) — one who speaks
  • Plautdietsch: Rädna — one who speaks
  • Polish: mówca — one who speaks
  • Polish: mówczyni — one who speaks
  • Polish: mówiący — one who speaks
  • Polish: mówiąca — one who speaks
  • Portuguese: falante — one who speaks
  • Quechua: willaq — one who speaks
  • Romanian: vorbitor — one who speaks
  • Romanian: vorbitoare — one who speaks
  • Russian: носи́тель (nosítelʹ) — one who speaks
  • Russian: говоря́щий (govorjáščij) — one who speaks
  • Russian: спи́кер (spíker) — one who speaks
  • Slovak: hovorca — one who speaks
  • Slovak: rečník — one who speaks
  • Slovene: govorec — one who speaks
  • Slovene: govorka — one who speaks
  • Spanish: hablante — one who speaks
  • Spanish: parlante — one who speaks
  • Sranan Tongo: takiman — one who speaks
  • Swedish: talare — one who speaks
  • Tajik: гӯянда (güyanda) — one who speaks
  • Tocharian B: weṣṣeñca — one who speaks
  • Turkish: konuşmacı — one who speaks
  • Ukrainian: мо́вець (móvecʹ) — one who speaks
  • Ukrainian: мовля́нин (movljányn) — one who speaks
  • Ukrainian: спі́кер (spíker) — one who speaks
  • Urdu: مُتَکَلِم (mutakalim) — one who speaks
  • Urdu: مُتَکَلِّم (mutakallim) — one who speaks
  • Urdu: گویَنْدَہ (goyanda) — one who speaks
  • Albanian: lartëfolës — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Albanian: altoparlant — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Albanian: zëdhënës — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Arabic: سَمَاعَة (samāʕa) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܪܵܡܩܵܠܵܐ (ramqala) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Armenian: բարձրախոս (barjraxos) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Azerbaijani: səsucaldan — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Basque: bozgorailu — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Belarusian: гучнагавары́цель (hučnahavarýcjelʹ) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Bulgarian: високоговори́тел (visokogovorítel) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Catalan: altaveu — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Chinese Mandarin: 揚聲器 /扬声器 (yángshēngqì) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Chinese Mandarin: 喇叭 (lǎba) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Chinese Mandarin: 音箱 (yīnxiāng) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Czech: reproduktor — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Danish: højttaler — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Dutch: box — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Dutch: luidspreker — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Esperanto: laŭtparolilo — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Estonian: kõlar — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Estonian: valjuhääldi — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Finnish: kaiutin — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • French: baffle — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • French: haut-parleur — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Galician: altofalante — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Georgian: ხმამაღლამოლაპარაკე (xmamaɣlamolaṗaraḳe) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • German: Lautsprecher — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Greek: μεγάφωνο (megáfono) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Greek: ηχείο (icheío) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Hebrew: רַמְקוֹל (ramkol) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Hungarian: hangszóró — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Hungarian: hangfal — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Hungarian: kihangosító — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Hungarian: kihangosítás — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Icelandic: hátalari — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Indonesian: pengeras suara — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Indonesian: pelantang — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Indonesian: sepiker — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Interlingua: altoparlator — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Italian: altoparlante — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Japanese: スピーカー (supīkā) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Japanese: 拡音器 (kakuonki) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Kazakh: дыбыс зорайтқыш (dybys zoraitqyş) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Khmer: អូប៉ាល័រ (ʼoupaalɔə) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Khmer: បំពង់ឧគ្ឃោសនស័ព្ទ (bɑmpŭəng ʼukkhoosaʼnaʼ sap) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Korean: 스피커 (seupikeo) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Korean: 확성기 (hwakseonggi) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Korean: 고성기 (goseonggi) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Korean: 경음기 (gyeong'eumgi) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Latvian: skaļrunis — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Latvian: reproduktors — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Lithuanian: garsiakalbis — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Macedonian: звучник (zvučnik) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Malay: pembesar suara — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Malayalam: സ്പീക്കർ (spīkkaṟ) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Maltese: spiker — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Māori: tukuoro — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Mongolian: чанга яричг (čanga jaričg) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Norwegian Bokmål: høyttaler — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Norwegian Bokmål: høytaler — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Norwegian Bokmål: høgtaler — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: høgtalar — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Iranian Persian: بُلَنْدْگو (bolandgu) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Iranian Persian: صوتال (sutâl) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Polish: głośnik — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Portuguese: alto-falante — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Portuguese: altifalante — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Portuguese: caixa de som — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Romanian: difuzor — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Russian: громкоговори́тель (gromkogovorítelʹ) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Russian: дина́мик (dinámik) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Russian: коло́нка (kolónka) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Russian: спи́кер (spíker) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Serbo-Croatian: зву̑чнӣк — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Serbo-Croatian: zvȗčnīk — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Slovak: reproduktor — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Slovene: zvočnik — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Spanish: altavoz — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Spanish: altoparlante — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Spanish: parlante — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Spanish: bocina — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Spanish: bafle — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Spanish: magnavoz — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Swahili: spika — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Swedish: högtalare — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Thai: ลําโพง (lam-poong) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Turkish: hoparlör — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Ukrainian: гучномо́вець (hučnomóvecʹ) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Urdu: مکبر الصوت (mukabbir-ussaut) — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Uzbek: radiokarnay — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Uzbek: karnay — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Vietnamese: loa — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Volapük: tonöm — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Welsh: seinydd — loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܠܵܠܵܐ (mālala) — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Armenian: խոսնակ (xosnak) — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Basque: ganberako presidente — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Basque: ganberako buru — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Belarusian: спі́кер (spíkjer) — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Bulgarian: председа́тел (predsedátel) — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 議長 /议长 (yìzhǎng) — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Estonian: spiiker — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Finnish: puhemies — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • French: président — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • French: présidente — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Galician: presidente — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Georgian: სპიკერი (sṗiḳeri) — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Georgian: პარლამენტის თავმჯდომარე (ṗarlamenṭis tavmǯdomare) — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • German: Vorsitzender — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • German: Vorsitzende — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • German: Nationalratspräsident — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • German: Nationalratspräsidentin — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • German: Bundestagspräsident — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • German: Bundestagspräsidentin — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • German: Parlamentspräsident — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • German: Parlamentspräsidentin — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • German: Präsident des Unterhauses — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • German: Präsidentin des Unterhauses — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • German: Präsident des Oberhauses — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • German: Präsidentin des Oberhauses — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Greek: πρόεδρος (próedros) — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Hebrew: יוֹשֵׁב רֹאשׁ (yoshév rosh) — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Hebrew: יו״ר (yor) — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Hindi: सभापति (sabhāpti) — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Hindi: अध्यक्ष (adhyakṣ) — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Hungarian: házelnök — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Italian: presidente — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Italian: presidentessa — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Japanese: 議長 (gichō) — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Khmer: វាគ្មិន (viəkmɨn) — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Korean: 의장 (uijang) — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Macedonian: претседател (pretsedatel) — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Macedonian: спикер (spiker) — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Malayalam: സ്പീക്കർ (spīkkaṟ) — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Maltese: speaker — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Middle English: spekere — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Norwegian Bokmål: speaker — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Norwegian Bokmål: parlamentstalsmann — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Norwegian Bokmål: parlamentspresident — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Iranian Persian: سُخَنْگو — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Polish: marszałek — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Polish: przewodniczący — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Polish: spiker — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Portuguese: presidente — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Romanian: președinte — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Romanian: speaker — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Russian: спи́кер (spíker) — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Slovene: predsednik — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Slovene: predsednica — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Swedish: talman — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Swedish: president — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Swedish: föredragande — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Swedish: ordförande — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Ukrainian: спі́кер (spíker) — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Vietnamese: nghị trưởng — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Vietnamese: chủ tịch nghị viện — politics: the chair or presiding officer
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܠܵܠܵܐ (mālala) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Armenian: բանախոս (banaxos) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Basque: hizlari — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Basque: mintzalari — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Belarusian: прамо́ўца (pramówca) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Belarusian: ара́тар (arátar) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Bulgarian: говори́тел (govorítel) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Bulgarian: говори́телка (govorítelka) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Bulgarian: ора́тор (orátor) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Catalan: orador — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Chinese Cantonese: 講員 /讲员 (gong2 jyun4) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Chinese Mandarin: 報告人 /报告人 (bàogào rén) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Chinese Mandarin: 發言者 /发言者 (fāyánzhě) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Chinese Mandarin: 演講人 /演讲人 (yǎnjiǎng rén) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Chinese Mandarin: 講員 /讲员 (jiǎngyuán) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Chinese Mandarin: 演說者 /演说者 (yǎnshuōzhě) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Czech: řečník — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Esperanto: parolanto — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Esperanto: parolinto — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Esperanto: parolonto — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Finnish: puhuja — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • French: orateur — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • French: oratrice — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • French: intervenant — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • French: intervenante — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Galician: orador — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Galician: oradora — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • German: Referent — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • German: Referentin — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Greek: ομιλητής (omilitís) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Greek: ρήτορας (rítoras) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Hebrew: נוֹאֵם (noém) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Hebrew: מציג (matsíg) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Hebrew: מרצה (martsé) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Hindi: वक्ता (vaktā) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Hungarian: szónok — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Indonesian: pembicara — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Interlingua: orator — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Italian: relatore — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Italian: relatrice — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Japanese: 話者 (washa) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Japanese: 演説家 (enzetsuka) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Khmer: វាគ្មិន (viəkmɨn) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Korean: 연설자 (yeonseolja) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Korean: 연사 (yeonsa) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Korean: 화자 (hwaja) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Macedonian: го́ворник (góvornik) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Malayalam: പ്രാസംഗികൻ (prāsaṅgikaṉ) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Malayalam: പ്രഭാഷകൻ (prabhāṣakaṉ) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Māori: kaiwhaikōrero — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Māori: kaiwhaikupu — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Middle English: spekere — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Iranian Persian: سُخَنْران (soxanrân) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Polish: mówca — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Portuguese: orador — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Portuguese: oradora — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Romanian: vorbitor — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Romanian: vorbitoare — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Romanian: orator — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Romanian: oratoare — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Russian: докла́дчик (dokládčik) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Russian: ора́тор (orátor) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Slovak: rečník — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Slovene: govornik — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Slovene: govornica — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Lower Sorbian: referent — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Lower Sorbian: referentka — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Spanish: orador — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Spanish: oradora — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Spanish: ponente — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Spanish: locutor — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Swedish: talare — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Swedish: föreläsare — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Telugu: వక్త (vakta) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Thai: โฆษก (koo-sòk) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Turkish: sunucu — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Turkish: spiker — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Ukrainian: промо́вець (promóvecʹ) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Ukrainian: ора́тор (orátor) — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Vietnamese: nhà hùng biện — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Vietnamese: người diển thuyết — one who makes a speech to an audience
  • Finnish: puheopas — book
  • Finnish: puhuja — linguistics: producer of a given utterance
  • French: locuteur — linguistics: producer of a given utterance
  • French: locutrice — linguistics: producer of a given utterance
  • Indonesian: bahasawan — linguistics: producer of a given utterance
  • Indonesian: penutur — linguistics: producer of a given utterance
  • Indonesian: pemakai bahasa — linguistics: producer of a given utterance
  • Indonesian: pengguna bahasa — linguistics: producer of a given utterance
  • Macedonian: говорник (govornik) — linguistics: producer of a given utterance
  • Malay: penutur — linguistics: producer of a given utterance
  • Iranian Persian: گویِشور (guyešur) — linguistics: producer of a given utterance
  • Spanish: locutor — linguistics: producer of a given utterance
  • French: président — the presiding officer of a legislative body
  • Georgian: სპიკერი (sṗiḳeri) — the presiding officer of a legislative body
  • Georgian: პარლამენტის თავმჯდომარე (ṗarlamenṭis tavmǯdomare) — the presiding officer of a legislative body
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