speech

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• /spiːt͡ʃ/
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• Early, Modern: /spiːt͡ʃ/
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• Early, Modern: /spɛːt͡ʃ/
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From Middle English speche, from Old English spǣċ, sprǣċ (“speech, discourse, language”), from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku (“speech, language”), from Proto-Indo-European *spereg-, *spreg- (“to make a sound”). Cognate with Dutch spraak (“speech”), German Sprache (“language, speech”). More at speak.

276 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: spraak — vocal communication
• Albanian: të folur — vocal communication
• Arabic: حَدِيث (ḥadīṯ) — vocal communication
• Arabic: خُطْبَة (ḵuṭba) — vocal communication
• Arabic: كَلَام (kalām) — vocal communication
• Arabic: قَوْل (qawl) — vocal communication
• Arabic: نُطْق (nuṭq) — vocal communication
• Archi: чӏат (čʼat) — vocal communication
• Armenian: խոսք (xoskʻ) — vocal communication
• Asturian: faladera — vocal communication
• Azerbaijani: danışıq — vocal communication
• Azerbaijani: nitq — vocal communication
• Bashkir: телмәр (telmər) — vocal communication
• Basque: mintzamen — vocal communication
• Belarusian: мо́ва (móva) — vocal communication
• Belarusian: гаво́рка (havórka) — vocal communication
• Belarusian: маўле́нне (mawljénnje) — vocal communication
• Bengali: কথা (kotha) — vocal communication
• Bengali: বাক (bak) — vocal communication
• Bengali: জবান (joban) — vocal communication
• Bulgarian: го́вор (góvor) — vocal communication
• Bulgarian: реч (reč) — vocal communication
• Catalan: parla — vocal communication
• Chinese Cantonese: 語言 /语言 (jyu5 jin4) — vocal communication
• Chinese Cantonese: 講話 /讲话 — vocal communication
• Chinese Cantonese: 演說 /演说 (jin2 syut3) — vocal communication
• Chinese Mandarin: 語言 /语言 (yǔyán) — vocal communication
• Chinese Mandarin: 說話 /说话 (shuōhuà) — vocal communication
• Chinese Mandarin: 演說 /演说 (yǎnshuō) — vocal communication
• Choctaw: anumpa — vocal communication
• Czech: řeč — vocal communication
• Danish: tale — vocal communication
• Dutch: spraak — vocal communication
• Estonian: kõne — vocal communication
• Finnish: puhe — vocal communication
• French: parole — vocal communication
• Galician: galra — vocal communication
• Galician: fala — vocal communication
• Galician: falar — vocal communication
• Georgian: სიტყვა (siṭq̇va) — vocal communication
• Georgian: მეტყველება (meṭq̇veleba) — vocal communication
• German: Sprache — vocal communication
• Greek: λόγος (lógos) — vocal communication
• Greek: ομιλία (omilía) — vocal communication
• Mbya Guarani: ayvu — vocal communication
• Haitian Creole: lapawòl — vocal communication
• Hebrew: דיבור — vocal communication
• Hebrew: דִּבּוּר (dibúr) — vocal communication
• Hindi: उक्ति (ukti) — vocal communication
• Hindi: बात (bāt) — vocal communication
• Hindi: बातचीत (bātcīt) — vocal communication
• Hindi: बोल (bol) — vocal communication
• Hindi: तक़रीर (taqrīr) — vocal communication
• Hungarian: beszéd — vocal communication
• Icelandic: mál — vocal communication
• Icelandic: tal — vocal communication
• Icelandic: málhæfileiki — vocal communication
• Icelandic: málfar — vocal communication
• Icelandic: mæli — vocal communication
• Icelandic: framburður — vocal communication
• Irish: caint — vocal communication
• Irish: urlabhra — vocal communication
• Irish: labhairt — vocal communication
• Isnag: kaxi — vocal communication
• Italian: parola — vocal communication
• Japanese: 話 (hanashi) — vocal communication
• Japanese: 演説 (enzetsu) — vocal communication
• Japanese: スピーチ (supīchi) — vocal communication
• Kaitag: гъай (ɣaj) — vocal communication
• Kazakh: сөз (söz) — vocal communication
• Kazakh: сөйлеу (söileu) — vocal communication
• Ket: ӄаʼ — vocal communication
• Korean: 말 (mal) — vocal communication
• Korean: 말하기 (malhagi) — vocal communication
• Korean: 연설 (yeonseol) — vocal communication
• Kyrgyz: речь (rec) — vocal communication
• Kyrgyz: сүйлөө (süylöö) — vocal communication
• Latgalian: runa — vocal communication
• Latin: dictiō — vocal communication
• Latin: locutio — vocal communication
• Latin: eloquium — vocal communication
• Latin: fatum — vocal communication
• Latvian: runa — vocal communication
• Lithuanian: šneka — vocal communication
• Lithuanian: kalba — vocal communication
• Luxembourgish: Sprooch — vocal communication
• Macedonian: говор (govor) — vocal communication
• Macedonian: реч (reč) — vocal communication
• Malayalam: സംസാരം (saṁsāraṁ) — vocal communication
• Manchu: ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ (gisun) — vocal communication
• Mongolian: илтгэл (iltgel) — vocal communication
• Mongolian: үг (üg) — vocal communication
• Navajo: saad — vocal communication
• Norwegian Bokmål: tale — vocal communication
• Norwegian Bokmål: stemme — vocal communication
• Occitan: paraula — vocal communication
• Church Slavic: рѣчь (rěčĭ) — vocal communication
• Church Slavic: ⱃⱑⱍⱐ (rěčĭ) — vocal communication
• Old English: sprǣċ — vocal communication
• Papiamentu: abla — vocal communication
• Iranian Persian: گُفْتار (goftâr) — vocal communication
• Iranian Persian: سُخَن (soxan) — vocal communication
• Iranian Persian: صُحْبَت (sohbat) — vocal communication
• Iranian Persian: کَلام (kalâm) — vocal communication
• Iranian Persian: تَقْریر (taġrir) — vocal communication
• Polish: mowa — vocal communication
• Portuguese: fala — vocal communication
• Romanian: vorbire — vocal communication
• Russian: речь (rečʹ) — vocal communication
• Russian: дар ре́чи (dar réči) — vocal communication
• Russian: го́вор (góvor) — vocal communication
• Russian: говоре́ние (govorénije) — vocal communication
• Santali: ᱨᱳᱲ (roṛ) — vocal communication
• Serbo-Croatian: го̏во̄р — vocal communication
• Serbo-Croatian: gȍvōr — vocal communication
• Slovak: reč — vocal communication
• Slovene: govor — vocal communication
• Spanish: habla — vocal communication
• Spanish: fabla — vocal communication
• Swedish: tal — vocal communication
• Tajik: гап (gap) — vocal communication
• Tajik: сухан (suxan) — vocal communication
• Thai: คําพูด (kam-pûut) — vocal communication
• Thai: ถ้อย (tɔ̂i) — vocal communication
• Thai: พาท (pâat) — vocal communication
• Thai: วจนะ (wá-jà-ná) — vocal communication
• Thai: ภารดี (paa-rá-dii) — vocal communication
• Tocharian B: plāce — vocal communication
• Turkish: konuşma — vocal communication
• Turkish: söz — vocal communication
• Ukrainian: мо́ва (móva) — vocal communication
• Ukrainian: го́вір (hóvir) — vocal communication
• Ukrainian: мо́влення (móvlennja) — vocal communication
• Urdu: تَقْرِیر (taqrīr) — vocal communication
• Urdu: گُفْتار (guftār) — vocal communication
• Urdu: سُخَن (suxan) — vocal communication
• Urdu: بھاشَن (bhāśan) — vocal communication
• Urdu: بات (bāt) — vocal communication
• Urdu: بات چِیت (bāt cīt) — vocal communication
• Urdu: بول (bol) — vocal communication
• Vietnamese: lời nói — vocal communication
• Vietnamese: ngôn từ — vocal communication
• Welsh: lleferydd — vocal communication
• Yaghnobi: гап (gap) — vocal communication
• Yucatec Maya: tʼaan — vocal communication
• Afrikaans: toespraak — an oration, session of speaking
• Albanian: fjalim — an oration, session of speaking
• Arabic: خِطَاب (ḵiṭāb) — an oration, session of speaking
• Arabic: حَدِيث (ḥadīṯ) — an oration, session of speaking
• Arabic: كَلَام (kalām) — an oration, session of speaking
• Arabic: قَوْل (qawl) — an oration, session of speaking
• Arabic: نُطْق (nuṭq) — an oration, session of speaking
• Armenian: ճառ (čaṙ) — an oration, session of speaking
• Armenian: ելույթ (eluytʻ) — an oration, session of speaking
• Azerbaijani: nitq — an oration, session of speaking
• Bashkir: телмәр (telmər) — an oration, session of speaking
• Belarusian: прамо́ва (pramóva) — an oration, session of speaking
• Belarusian: гаво́рка (havórka) — an oration, session of speaking
• Belarusian: спіч (spič) — an oration, session of speaking
• Bengali: বক্তৃতা (boktrita) — an oration, session of speaking
• Bengali: ভাষণ (bhaśon) — an oration, session of speaking
• Bulgarian: реч (reč) — an oration, session of speaking
• Catalan: parla — an oration, session of speaking
• Catalan: discurs — an oration, session of speaking
• Chinese Mandarin: 演說 /演说 (yǎnshuō) — an oration, session of speaking
• Ngazidja Comorian: hotuba — an oration, session of speaking
• Czech: řeč — an oration, session of speaking
• Czech: projev — an oration, session of speaking
• Danish: tale — an oration, session of speaking
• Dutch: toespraak — an oration, session of speaking
• Dutch: speech — an oration, session of speaking
• Dutch: rede — an oration, session of speaking
• Esperanto: prelego — an oration, session of speaking
• Estonian: kõne — an oration, session of speaking
• Finnish: puhe — an oration, session of speaking
• French: discours — an oration, session of speaking
• Galician: discurso — an oration, session of speaking
• Georgian: სიტყვა (siṭq̇va) — an oration, session of speaking
• Georgian: სიტყვით გამოსვლა (siṭq̇vit gamosvla) — an oration, session of speaking
• German: Rede — an oration, session of speaking
• German: Ansprache — an oration, session of speaking
• Greek: λόγος (lógos) — an oration, session of speaking
• Greek: ομιλία (omilía) — an oration, session of speaking
• Greek: αγόρευση (agórefsi) — an oration, session of speaking
• Ancient Greek: λόγος (lógos) — an oration, session of speaking
• Hebrew: הַרְצָאָה (hartsa'á) — an oration, session of speaking
• Hebrew: נְאוּם (n'um) — an oration, session of speaking
• Hindi: भाषण (bhāṣaṇ) — an oration, session of speaking
• Hindi: तक़रीर (taqrīr) — an oration, session of speaking
• Hungarian: beszéd — an oration, session of speaking
• Icelandic: ræða — an oration, session of speaking
• Icelandic: ávarp — an oration, session of speaking
• Icelandic: tala — an oration, session of speaking
• Indonesian: pidato — an oration, session of speaking
• Irish: óráid — an oration, session of speaking
• Italian: discorso — an oration, session of speaking
• Japanese: 演説 (enzetsu) — an oration, session of speaking
• Kazakh: сөз (söz) — an oration, session of speaking
• Kazakh: сөйлеу (söileu) — an oration, session of speaking
• Khmer: កថា (kaʼthaa) — an oration, session of speaking
• Khmer: សេចក្តីថ្លែង (sackdəy thlaeng) — an oration, session of speaking
• Khmer: សន្ទរកថា (sɑntĕəʼrĕəʼkaʼthaa) — an oration, session of speaking
• Khmer: សុន្ទរកថា (sontĕəʼrĕəʼ kaʼthaa) — an oration, session of speaking
• Korean: 연설 (yeonseol) — an oration, session of speaking
• Kyrgyz: сөз (söz) — an oration, session of speaking
• Kyrgyz: речь (rec) — an oration, session of speaking
• Kyrgyz: сүйлөө (süylöö) — an oration, session of speaking
• Latin: locutio — an oration, session of speaking
• Latin: eloquium — an oration, session of speaking
• Latin: ōrātiō — an oration, session of speaking
• Latin: fatum — an oration, session of speaking
• Latvian: runa — an oration, session of speaking
• Lithuanian: prakalba — an oration, session of speaking
• Lithuanian: pranešimas — an oration, session of speaking
• Lithuanian: kalba — an oration, session of speaking
• Luxembourgish: Usprooch — an oration, session of speaking
• Luxembourgish: Ried — an oration, session of speaking
• Macedonian: говор (govor) — an oration, session of speaking
• Malay: ucapan — an oration, session of speaking
• Malayalam: പ്രസംഗം (prasaṅgaṁ) — an oration, session of speaking
• Māori: onetū — an oration, session of speaking
• Māori: whaikōrero — an oration, session of speaking
• Māori: whaikupu — an oration, session of speaking
• Māori: kōrero — an oration, session of speaking
• Mongolian: үг (üg) — an oration, session of speaking
• Mongolian: илтгэл (iltgel) — an oration, session of speaking
• Norman: discours — an oration, session of speaking
• Norwegian Bokmål: tale — an oration, session of speaking
• Occitan: discors — an oration, session of speaking
• Iranian Persian: سُخَنْرانی (soxanrâni) — an oration, session of speaking
• Iranian Persian: نُطْق (notġ) — an oration, session of speaking
• Polish: mowa — an oration, session of speaking
• Polish: przemówienie — an oration, session of speaking
• Polish: wystąpienie — an oration, session of speaking
• Portuguese: discurso — an oration, session of speaking
• Romanian: discurs — an oration, session of speaking
• Romanian: cuvântare — an oration, session of speaking
• Russian: речь (rečʹ) — an oration, session of speaking
• Russian: выступле́ние (vystuplénije) — an oration, session of speaking
• Russian: спич (spič) — an oration, session of speaking
• Sanskrit: वाद (vāda) — an oration, session of speaking
• Serbo-Croatian: го̏во̄р — an oration, session of speaking
• Serbo-Croatian: gȍvōr — an oration, session of speaking
• Slovak: reč — an oration, session of speaking
• Slovene: govor — an oration, session of speaking
• Spanish: discurso — an oration, session of speaking
• Spanish: alocución — an oration, session of speaking
• Spanish: prédica — an oration, session of speaking
• Spanish: soflama — an oration, session of speaking
• Swedish: tal — an oration, session of speaking
• Tajik: нутқ (nutq) — an oration, session of speaking
• Tajik: сухан (suxan) — an oration, session of speaking
• Tajik: гуфтор (guftor) — an oration, session of speaking
• Telugu: ఉపన్యాసం (upanyāsaṁ) — an oration, session of speaking
• Thai: การพูด (gaan-pûut) — an oration, session of speaking
• Turkish: konuşma — an oration, session of speaking
• Ottoman Turkish: قال (kal) — an oration, session of speaking
• Ukrainian: промо́ва (promóva) — an oration, session of speaking
• Ukrainian: мо́влення (móvlennja) — an oration, session of speaking
• Ukrainian: спіч (spič) — an oration, session of speaking
• Urdu: تَقْرِیر (taqrīr) — an oration, session of speaking
• Urdu: نُطْق (nutq) — an oration, session of speaking
• Uyghur: نۇتۇق (nutuq) — an oration, session of speaking
• Uyghur: سۆز (söz) — an oration, session of speaking
• Uzbek: nutq — an oration, session of speaking
• Uzbek: soʻz — an oration, session of speaking
• Vietnamese: chúc từ — an oration, session of speaking
• Afrikaans: spraakstyl — style of speaking
• Azerbaijani: danışıq — style of speaking
• Finnish: puhe — style of speaking
• Hungarian: beszéd — style of speaking
• Māori: mita — style of speaking
• Albanian: ligjëratë — reported speech
• Bulgarian: непря́ка реч (neprjáka reč) — reported speech
• Finnish: lainaus — reported speech
• Russian: ко́свенная речь (kósvennaja rečʹ) — reported speech