speechless

English

Etymology

From speech +‎ -less

Pronunciation

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Adjective

speechless (not comparable)

1. not speaking; not knowing what to say; silent, especially due to surprise, amazement, etc.

   When he walked into his surprise birthday party, he was completely speechless.

Translations

Translations

Chinese: Mandarin: 無言 (zh), 无言 (zh) (wúyán), 無語 (zh), 无语 (zh) (wúyǔ), 沈默 (zh), 沉默 (zh) (chénmò) Danish: mundlam, målløs (da) Dutch: sprakeloos (nl) Esperanto: senparola (eo)

Finnish: sanaton French: sans voix (fr) German: sprachlos (de) Greek: άναυδος (el) (ánavdos) m., άλαλος (el) (álalos) m., βουβός (el) (vouvós) m. Icelandic: orðlaus (is) Italian: senza parole, ammutolito