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

not speaking; not knowing what to say

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無言 (cmn), 无言 (cmn) (wúyán), 無語 (cmn), 无语 (cmn) (wúyǔ), 沈默 (cmn), 沉默 (cmn) (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, άφωνος (el) (áfonos) m, ενεός (el) (eneós) m
• Icelandic: orðlaus (is)
• Italian: senza parole, ammutolito
• Norwegian: målløs (no)
• Polish: oniemiały (pl) m, milczący (pl) m
• Russian: онемелый (ru) (onemélyj), онемевший (ru) (onemévšij), безмолвный (ru) (bezmólvnyj)