speaking in tongues

English

Noun

speaking in tongues (uncountable)

1. The act of speaking a language one does not know, or speaking elaborate but apparently meaningless speech, while in a trance-like state (or, supposedly, under the influence of a deity or spirits); glossolalia.

Synonyms

• glossolalia
• speaking with tongues
• tongues-speaking

Related terms

• praying in tongues
• singing in tongues (singing in the Spirit)
• speak in tongues
• tongue-speaker, tongue speaker
• tongues-speaker, tongues speaker

Translations

speaking in tongues; glossolalia

• Finnish: kielilläpuhuminen (fi)
• Galician: glosolalia f
• German: Zungenreden (de) n, Zungenrede f, Glossolalie (de) f, Glottolalie (de) f, Glossolalieren n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tungetale (no) m, glossolali m

  Nynorsk: tungetale m or f, glossolali m

• Polish: glosolalia (pl) f
• Spanish: glosolalia (es) f
• Swedish: tungomålstalande n, tungotal n, glossolali c

Verb

speaking in tongues

1. present participle and gerund of speak in tongues.

Translations

speaking in tongues