talkative

English

Etymology

From Middle English talcatife, equivalent to talk +‎ -ative.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈtɔːkətɪv/, X-SAMPA: /"tO:k@tIv/
• (US) IPA: /ˈtɑːkədɪv/

Adjective

talkative (comparative more talkative, superlative most talkative)

1. Tending to talk a lot.
2. Speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences.

Synonyms

• chatty, gabby, garrulous, loquacious, outgoing, talksome
• long-winded, logorrheic, verbose
• indiscreet, outspoken
• See also Wikisaurus:talkative

Antonyms

• dour, monosyllabic, sullen, withdrawn
• laconic, taciturn, terse, uncommunicative
• mute, quiet, silent

Derived terms

• talkativeness

Translations

tending to talk or speak freely or often

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貧嘴 (cmn), 贫嘴 (cmn) (pínzuǐ)

• Czech: upovídaný (cs) m, povídavý (cs)
• Danish: snaksom
• Dutch: spraakzaam (nl), praatgraag (nl), babbelziek (nl)
• Esperanto: parolema (eo)
• Finnish: puhelias (fi)
• French: bavard (fr), loquace (fr)
• German: gesprächig (de), redselig (de)
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: beszédes (hu), bőbeszédű (hu)
• Icelandic: málglaður (is), skrafhreifinn (is)
• Ido: babilema (io)
• Italian: loquace (it)
• Japanese: おしゃべり好きな (ja) (oshaberi-zuki-na)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: زمان پاراو

• Latvian: runīgs (lv), valodīgs (lv), mutīgs (lv), pļāpīgs (lv)
• Maori: kōtetetete (mi)
• Polish: gadatliwy (pl), rozmowny (pl)
• Portuguese: falador, conversador, tagarela
• Russian: разговорчивый (ru) (razgovórčivyj), словоохотливый (ru) (slovooxótlivyj), болтливый (ru) (boltlívyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бр̏бљав (sh), прѝчљив (sh), гово̀рљив (sh)

  Roman: bȑbljav (sh), prìčljiv (sh), govòrljiv (sh)

• Spanish: hablador (es)
• Swedish: pratglad (sv), pratsam (sv)
• Turkish: konuşkan (tr)
• Volapük: spikotälik (vo)

speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嘴不穩 (cmn), 嘴不稳 (cmn) (zuǐ bù wěn), 嘴敞 (cmn) (zuǐchǎng)

• German: geschwätzig (de)
• Hungarian: fecsegő (hu)

• Japanese: おしゃべりな (ja) (oshaberi-na)
• Portuguese: tagarela (pt)
• Russian: болтливый (ru) (boltlívyj)
• Swedish: frispråkig (sv), öppenhjärtig (sv)