éloquent

See also: eloquent and eloqüent

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French eloquent, from Old French eloquent, borrowed from Latin ēloquentem (“speaking, having the faculty of speech, eloquent”), present participle of ēloquī (“to speak out”), from ē- (“out”) + loquī (“to speak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.lɔ.kɑ̃/

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Adjective

éloquent (feminine éloquente, masculine plural éloquents, feminine plural éloquentes)

1. eloquent (fluently persuasive and articulate)
2. eloquent; descriptive

Related terms

• éloquence

Further reading

• “éloquent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012