speaking

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• UK: /ˈspiː.kɪŋ/
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• Canada, US: /ˈspi.kɪŋ/
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• Australian: /ˈspiː.kɪŋ/
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• Australian: [ˈspɪi̯.kɪŋ]
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• rhymes with -iːkɪŋ
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• CMU ARPABET: S P IY1 K IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English spekinge, spekynge, spekinde, spekende, spekande, spekand, from Old English specende, sprecende (“speaking”), from Proto-Germanic *sprekandz (“speaking”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *sprekaną (“to speak”). Equivalent to speak + -ing. Cognate with Scots speikand, speikin (“speaking”), Saterland Frisian spreekend (“speaking”), West Frisian sprekkend (“speaking”), Dutch sprekend (“speaking”), German Low German sprekend (“speaking”), German sprechend (“speaking”).

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

From Middle English speking, spekynge, equivalent to speak + -ing.

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• German: Sprech- — used in speaking
• German: Sprach- — used in speaking
• Hungarian: beszéd- — used in speaking
• Bulgarian: гово́рещ (govórešt) — having the ability of speech
• Finnish: puhuva — having the ability of speech
• German: Sprech- — having the ability of speech
• German: -sprachig — having the ability of speech
• German: -sprechend — having the ability of speech
• German: sprechend — having the ability of speech
• German: Rede- — having the ability of speech
• German: rede- — having the ability of speech
• Hungarian: beszélő — having the ability of speech
• Russian: говоря́щий (govorjáščij) — having the ability of speech
• Bulgarian: на телефона (na telefona) — indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking
• Dutch: daar spreekt u mee — indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking
• German: am Apparat — indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking
• Hungarian: én vagyok az — indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking
• Polish: tu — indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking
• Polish: tutaj — indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking
• Polish: z tej strony — indication that the person requested is the same as the one who is currently speaking
• Arabic: كَلَام (kalām) — ability to communicate vocally
• Arabic: تَكَلُّم (takallum) — ability to communicate vocally
• Arabic: تَحَدُّث (taḥadduṯ) — ability to communicate vocally
• Belarusian: гаварэ́нне (havarénnje) — ability to communicate vocally
• Belarusian: гаварэ́ньне (havarénʹnje) — ability to communicate vocally
• Belarusian: маўле́нне (mawljénnje) — ability to communicate vocally
• Belarusian: маўле́ньне (mawljénʹnje) — ability to communicate vocally
• Bulgarian: гово́рене (govórene) — ability to communicate vocally
• Chinese Mandarin: 說 /说 (shuō) — ability to communicate vocally
• Chinese Mandarin: 講 /讲 (jiǎng) — ability to communicate vocally
• Chinese Mandarin: 口語 /口语 (kǒuyǔ) — ability to communicate vocally
• Czech: mluvení — ability to communicate vocally
• Finnish: puhetaito — ability to communicate vocally
• French: parole — ability to communicate vocally
• German: Sprechen — ability to communicate vocally
• Hungarian: beszéd — ability to communicate vocally
• Indonesian: berbicara — ability to communicate vocally
• Ingrian: läkkäämiin — ability to communicate vocally
• Ingrian: läkkäämisjutto — ability to communicate vocally
• Japanese: 話すこと (hanasu koto) — ability to communicate vocally
• Japanese: スピーキング (supīkingu) — ability to communicate vocally
• Japanese: 言葉 (kotoba) — ability to communicate vocally
• Korean: 말하기 (malhagi) — ability to communicate vocally
• Macedonian: зборување (zboruvanje) — ability to communicate vocally
• Malay: bertutur — ability to communicate vocally
• Polish: mówienie — ability to communicate vocally
• Russian: говоре́ние (govorénije) — ability to communicate vocally
• Russian: разгово́р (razgovór) — ability to communicate vocally
• Slovak: hovorenie — ability to communicate vocally
• Spanish: oratoria — ability to communicate vocally
• Spanish: habla — ability to communicate vocally
• Spanish: fabla (disused) — ability to communicate vocally
• Ukrainian: говорі́ння (hovorínnja) — ability to communicate vocally
• Ukrainian: мо́влення (móvlennja) — ability to communicate vocally
• Belarusian: размо́ва (razmóva) — the act of communicating vocally
• Bulgarian: ра́зговор (rázgovor) — the act of communicating vocally
• Hungarian: beszéd — the act of communicating vocally
• Russian: разгово́р (razgovór) — the act of communicating vocally
• Spanish: habla — the act of communicating vocally
• Spanish: fabla (disused) — the act of communicating vocally
• Ukrainian: розмо́ва (rozmóva) — the act of communicating vocally
• Bulgarian: реч (reč) — an oral recitation
• Bulgarian: рецити́ране (recitírane) — an oral recitation
• Russian: речь (rečʹ) — an oral recitation
• Russian: выступле́ние (vystuplénije) — an oral recitation