-speak
See also: speak
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably originally from Newspeak, coined by George Orwell in his book Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: spēk′
- (Received Pronunciation, General Australian, New Zealand, India) IPA(key): /-ˌspiːk/
- (General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA(key): /-ˌspik/
- Rhymes: -iːk
- Homophone: speak
- Hyphenation: -speak
Suffix
[edit]-speak (noun-forming suffix, uncountable)
- Indicates a manner of speech or writing typical of or characterized by the root term.
- Synonym: -ese
- 2026 January 26, Amy Hawkins, “Fate of China’s top general more likely to do with power struggle than corruption”, in The Guardian[1], archived from the original on 26 January 2026:
- But on Saturday, China’s defence ministry announced that Zhang and Liu Zhenli, another CMC member, were under investigation for “suspected serious violations of discipline and law”, party-speak for corruption.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “speak”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.