Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 7214 6976513 2009-07-13T15:48:06Z Jakoli4 236890 t+st:[[bua]] t+af:[[praat]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{wikipedia}} [[File:David Lynch -microphone -10Aug2007-2p.jpg|thumb|right|[[w:David Lynch|David Lynch]] speaks before a group.]] {{also|-speak}} ==English== {{rank|free|return|call|354|speak|land|why|women}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{enPR|spēk}}, {{IPA|/spiːk/}}, {{SAMPA|/spi:k/}} * {{audio|en-us-speak.ogg|Audio (US)}} *: {{rhymes|iːk}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|ang}} ''[[specan|spēcan]]'', from earlier ''[[sprecan|sprēcan]]'', cf. German ''[[sprechen]]'', Dutch ''[[spreken]]''. ===Verb=== {{en-verb|'''[[speaks]]''' ''or {{archaic}}'' '''[[speaketh]]'''|speaking|'''[[spoke]]''' ''or {{archaic}}'' '''[[spake]]'''|spoken}} # {{intransitive}} To [[communicate]] with one's [[voice]], to [[say]] [[word]]s [[out loud]]. #: ''I was so surprised I couldn't '''speak'''.'' #: ''You're '''speaking''' too fast.'' # {{intransitive}} To have a [[conversation]]. #: ''It's been ages since we've '''spoken'''.'' # {{context|by extension}} To [[communicate]] or [[converse]] by some means other than [[orally]], such as [[writing]] or [[facial]] [[expressions]]. #: ''He '''spoke''' of it in his diary'' #: '' '''Speak''' to me only with your eyes.'' #: ''I just '''spoke''' with them on IRC.'' #: ''Actions '''speak''' louder than words''. # {{intransitive}} To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a [[speech]]. #: ''This evening I shall '''speak''' on the topic of correct English usage.'' # {{transitive}} To be able to communicate in a [[language]]. #: ''I was so surprised that I couldn't '''speak''' a word.'' #: ''He '''speaks''' Mandarin fluently''. ====Synonyms==== * [[articulate]] * [[talk]] * [[verbalize]] ====Derived terms==== * [[speaker]] * [[speakeasy]] * [[re-speak]] '''phrasal verbs''' * [[speak down]] * [[speak for]] * [[speak out]] * [[speak to]] * [[speak up]] '''idioms''' * [[actions speak louder than words]] * [[on speaking terms]] * [[so to speak]] * [[speak for oneself]] * [[speak highly of]] * [[speak ill of]] * [[speak in tongues]] * [[speak of the devil]] * [[speak one's mind]] * [[speak volumes]] * [[spoken for]] * [[to speak of]] ====Related terms==== * [[public speaking]] * [[speech]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top}} * [[Afrikaans]]: {{t|af|praat}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[تحدث]]}} (taḥáddaṯa), {{Arab|[[تكلم]]}} (takállama) * Armenian: [[խոսել]] (khosel) * [[Breton]]: [[komz]] * Bulgarian: [[говоря]] (govorja) (1, 6) * [[Catalan]]: [[parlar]] * Chinese: [[説]], [[说]] (shuō), [[説話]], [[说话]] (shuōhuà), [[講]], [[讲]] (jiǎng) * Czech: {{t+|cs|mluvit}} * Danish: [[tale#Danish|tale]] (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) * Dutch: {{t+|nl|spreken}} * Esperanto: {{t-|eo|paroli|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t-|et|rääkima}} * Finnish: [[puhua]] (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), [[kertoa]] (3), [[pitää puhe]] (5) * French: {{t+|fr|parler}} * German: {{t+|de|sprechen}} * Greek: {{t+|el|μιλώ|tr=miló|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|λέω|tr=léo|sc=Grek}} * [[Guaraní]]: [[ñe'ẽ]] * Hebrew: [[לדבר]] (le-dabér) * Hungarian: {{t-|hu|beszélni}} * Indonesian: [[bicara|berbicara]], [[pidato|berpidato]] * [[Interlingua]]: [[parlar]] * Italian: {{t+|it|parlare}} * Japanese: {{t+|ja|話す|tr=hanasu|sc=Jpan}}, {{t-|ja|語る|tr=kataru|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|言う|tr=iu|sc=Jpan}} * Korean: [[말하다]] (malhada) * Latin: {{t-|la|dicere}}, {{t|la|fabulari}} {{trans-mid}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|kalbėti|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Nahuatl]]: [[tlatoa]] * Norwegian: {{t+|no|snakke}} * [[Occitan]]: [[parlar]] * Polish: {{t+|pl|mówić}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|falar}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|vorbi}}, {{t+|ro|discuta}} * [[Romansch]]: [[pledar]], [[tschantschar]] * Russian: [[говорить]] (govorít’) {{impf}}, [[разговаривать]] (razgovárivat’) {{impf}} * [[Santali]]: {{tø|sat|ᱨᱳᱲ|tr=rorr|sc=Olck}} * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[bruidhinn]] * [[Sicilian]]: {{t+|scn|parrari|xs=Sicilian}}, {{t|scn|parlari|xs=Sicilian}} * Slovak: [[rozprávať]], [[hovoriť]] * Slovene: [[govoriti]] (1, 2, 3, 4, 6) * [[Sotho]]: {{t|st|bua}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|hablar}} * Swahili: {{t-|sw|ongea|xs=Swahili}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|tala}} * [[Tagalog]]: [[magsalita]] * Thai: {{Thai|[[พูด]]}} (pôot) * [[Tupinambá]]: [[nhe'eng]] * Vietnamese: [[nói]] * Yiddish: [[רעדן]] (redn) * [[Zulu]]: [[ukukhuluma]] (ugukuluma) {{trans-bottom}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun|-}} # [[language]], [[jargon]], or [[terminology]] used uniquely in a particular environment or group. #: ''Corporate speak; IT speak'' ====Derived terms==== * [[double-speak]] * [[leetspeak]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|jargon/terminology}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # {{dated}} a low class [[bar]], a [[speakeasy]]. ===Anagrams=== * [[spake]] * [[peaks]] [[Category:English irregular verbs]] [[Category:Talking]] [[ast:speak]] [[de:speak]] [[et:speak]] [[el:speak]] [[es:speak]] [[fa:speak]] [[fr:speak]] [[fy:speak]] [[gl:speak]] [[ko:speak]] [[io:speak]] [[id:speak]] [[it:speak]] [[kk:speak]] [[sw:speak]] [[ku:speak]] [[hu:speak]] [[nl:speak]] [[ja:speak]] [[oc:speak]] [[pl:speak]] [[ro:speak]] [[ru:speak]] [[simple:speak]] [[fi:speak]] [[sv:speak]] [[ta:speak]] [[te:speak]] [[th:speak]] [[uk:speak]] [[vi:speak]] [[zh:speak]]