eloquence

See also: éloquence

English

Etymology

From Old French eloquence, from Latin eloquentia.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.ə.kwəns/
• Hyphenation: el‧o‧quence

Noun

eloquence (countable and uncountable, plural eloquences)

1. The quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing.

   speak with eloquence

   express oneself with eloquence

2. (countable) An eloquent utterance.

Derived terms

• eloquency
• eloquently

Translations

the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing

• Arabic: بَلَاغَة f (balāḡa), فَصَاحَة f (faṣāḥa)
• Belarusian: красамо́ўства n (krasamóŭstva)
• Bulgarian: красноре́чие (bg) n (krasnoréčie), красноречи́вост f (krasnorečívost)
• Catalan: eloqüència (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雄辯／雄辩 (zh) (xióngbiàn), 口才 (zh) (kǒucái)

• Czech: výmluvnost f, výřečnost (cs) f
• Dutch: welbespraaktheid (nl) f, eloquentie (nl)
• Esperanto: elokventeco
• Finnish: kaunopuheisuus (fi)
• French: éloquence (fr) f
• German: Redegewandtheit (de) f, Eloquenz (de) f, Sprachfertigkeit (de) f, Beredsamkeit (de) f, Redseligkeit (de), Redseligkeit (de)
• Greek: ευγλωττία (el) f (evglottía), ευφράδεια (el) f (effrádeia)

  Ancient: καλλιρρημοσύνη f (kallirrhēmosúnē)

• Hindi: वाक्‌चातुर्य (vāk‌cāturya), वाक्‌पटुता (vāk‌paṭutā), वाग्मिता (hi) (vāgmitā), फ़साहत (fasāhat), बलाग़त (balāġat), वक्तृता (hi) (vaktŕtā), सुवचन (hi) (suvcan)
• Hungarian: ékesszólás (hu), beszédkészség (hu)
• Italian: eloquenza (it) f
• Japanese: 雄弁 (ja) (ゆうべん, yūben)
• Latin: fācundia f, ēloquium n
• Macedonian: речитост f (rečitost), красноречивост f (krasnorečivost)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: veltalenhet m, språkferdighet m

• Old Norse: málsnild f, málsnilld f
• Persian: بلاغت (fa) (balâğat), فصاحت (fa) (fasâhat)
• Polish: elokwencja (pl) f
• Portuguese: eloquência (pt) f
• Romanian: elocvență (ro) f
• Russian: красноре́чие (ru) n (krasnoréčije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рѐчито̄ст f, рјѐчито̄ст f, краснорѐчиво̄ст f, краснорјѐчиво̄ст f

  Roman: rèčitōst f, rjèčitōst (sh) f, krasnorèčivōst f, krasnorjèčivōst (sh) f

• Slovak: výrečnosť f
• Slovene: zgovornost f
• Spanish: elocuencia (es) f
• Swahili: usemaji
• Swedish: elokvens (sv) c, vältalighet (sv) c
• Tajik: балоғат (baloġat), фасоҳат (fasohat)
• Turkish: belagat (tr), konuşma sanatı
• Ukrainian: красномо́вство n (krasnomóvstvo), красномо́вність f (krasnomóvnistʹ)

Further reading

• eloquence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• eloquence on Wikiquote.Wikiquote

Middle French

Noun

eloquence f (uncountable)

1. eloquence (quality of being eloquent)