Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf 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 65571 6598726 2009-05-15T13:31:35Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki +[[:oc:speaking]] {{wikipedia}} ==English== {{rank|cost|value|cast|784|speaking|circumstances|sitting|Christ}} ===Pronunciation=== *{{audio|en-us-speaking.ogg|Audio (US)}} ===Adjective=== {{en-adj}} # Used in speaking. #:''one's normal '''speaking''' voice'' # Expressive; [[eloquent]]. #:''The sight was more '''speaking''' than any speech could be.'' # Involving speaking. #: ''It was her first '''speaking''' part: she screamed.'' # Having the ability of [[speech]]. #: ''speaking parrot''; ''[[speaking clock]]'' ## {{context|in compounds}} Having competence in a language. Also {{term|-speaking}}. ##: ''the English-speaking gentleman gave us directions; I travel in Russian-speaking countries; the French-speaking world listened in to the broadcast'' ====Antonyms==== * {{sense|expressive}} [[unspeaking]] * {{sense|involving speaking}} [[nonspeaking]] ===Verb=== '''speaking''' # {{present participle of|[[speak]]}} <!--this belongs on the page for "speak"====Translations==== {{top2}} *French: [[en parlant]] {{mid2}} {{bottom}}--> [[Category:Talking]] [[ang:speaking]] [[de:speaking]] [[fr:speaking]] [[io:speaking]] [[it:speaking]] [[ku:speaking]] [[hu:speaking]] [[oc:speaking]] [[simple:speaking]] [[te:speaking]] [[tr:speaking]] [[vi:speaking]]