adj
Meaning 1
Expressed in speech.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
spoken
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
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈspəʊ.k(ə)n/
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UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US: /ˈspoʊ.kən/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -əʊkən
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CMU ARPABET: S P OW1 K AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Speaking in a specified way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds
Examples
- soft-spoken
- well-spoken
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Of a language, produced by articulate sounds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
past participle of speak
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a spoken message
- the spoken language
- a soft-spoken person
- sharp-spoken
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: written
History
Etymology
Morphologically spoke + -n.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مَنْطُوق (manṭūq) — expressed in speech
- Arabic: شَفَهِيّ (šafahiyy) — expressed in speech
- Arabic: مَحْكِيّ (maḥkiyy) — expressed in speech
- Bulgarian: устен (usten) — expressed in speech
- Bulgarian: говорим (govorim) — expressed in speech
- Dutch: gesproken — expressed in speech
- Finnish: puhuttu — expressed in speech
- Finnish: puhe- — expressed in speech
- French: parlé — expressed in speech
- German: gesprochen — expressed in speech
- Greek: προφορικός (proforikós) — expressed in speech
- Hungarian: beszélt — expressed in speech
- Latin: dictus — expressed in speech
- Polish: mówiony — expressed in speech
- Polish: ustny — expressed in speech
- Russian: у́стный (ústnyj) — expressed in speech
- Russian: речево́й (rečevój) — expressed in speech
- Russian: разгово́рный (razgovórnyj) — expressed in speech
- Sanskrit: उक्त (ukta) — expressed in speech
- Sanskrit: वाचिक (vācika) — expressed in speech
- Spanish: hablado — expressed in speech
- Spanish: oral — expressed in speech
- Telugu: భాషితము (bhāṣitamu) — expressed in speech
- Esperanto: dirita — produced by articulate sounds
Real reading context