ventriloquism

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• /vɛnˈtɹɪloʊˌkwɪzəm/
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Etymology tree English ventriloquy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English ventriloquism From ventriloquy + -ism.

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: որովայնախոսություն (orovaynaxosutʻyun) — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Chinese Cantonese: 口技 (hau2 gei6) — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Chinese Mandarin: 口技 (kǒujì) — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Chinese Mandarin: 腹語術 /腹语术 (fùyǔshù) — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Czech: břichomluva — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Danish: bugtalerkunst — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Danish: bugtaleri — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Dutch: buikspreken — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Dutch: ventriloquisme — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Finnish: vatsastapuhuminen — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• French: ventriloquie — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• German: Bauchreden — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• German: Bauchredekunst — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• German: Bauchrednerei — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• German: Ventriloquismus — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Hungarian: hasbeszélés — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Icelandic: búktal — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Ido: ventroparolado — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Ido: ventroparoliveso — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Irish: bolgchaint — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Italian: ventriloquio — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Japanese: 腹話術 (fukuwajutsu) — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Korean: 복화술 (bokhwasul) — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Norwegian Bokmål: buktaling — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Norwegian Bokmål: buktale — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Norwegian Bokmål: buktalerkunst — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Norwegian Bokmål: buktaleri — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Norwegian Nynorsk: buktaling — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Norwegian Nynorsk: buktale — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Norwegian Nynorsk: buktalarkunst — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Norwegian Nynorsk: buktaleri — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Polish: brzuchomówstwo — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Portuguese: ventriloquia — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Portuguese: ventriloquismo — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Russian: чревовеща́ние (črevoveščánije) — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Russian: вентроло́гия (ventrológija) — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Serbo-Croatian: trbuhozborje — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Serbo-Croatian: trbuhozborstvo — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Spanish: ventriloquía — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Spanish: ventriloquia — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Swedish: buktaleri — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Tagalog: bentrilokiya — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Turkish: karından konuşma — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Turkish: vantrilokluk — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Turkish: vantrilokizm — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source
• Welsh: tafleisiaeth — art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source