eloquence

See also: éloquence

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French eloquence, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin eloquentia.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈɛləkwəns/
• Hyphenation: el‧o‧quence

Noun

eloquence (countable and uncountable, plural eloquences)

1. The quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing.
2. (countable) An eloquent utterance.

Derived terms

• eloquency
• eloquently

Translations

the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing

• Bulgarian: красноречие (bg) n (krasnorečie)
• Catalan: eloqüència (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

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

  Ancient: καλλιρρημοσύνη f (kallirrhēmosúnē)

• Hungarian: ékesszólás (hu), beszédkészség (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: fācundia f, eloquium
• Macedonian: речитост f (rečitost), красноречивост f (krasnorečivost)
• Norwegian: veltalenhet m, språkferdighet m
• Polish: elokwencja (pl) f
• Portuguese: eloquência (pt) f
• Romanian: elocvență (ro) f
• Russian: красноре́чие (ru) n (krasnoréčije)
• Serbo-Croatian: rječitost (sh) f
• Slovak: výrečnosť f
• Slovene: zgovornost f
• Spanish: elocuencia (es) f
• Swahili: usemaji

Further reading

• eloquence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Template:quotelite

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Middle French

Noun

eloquence f (uncountable)

1. eloquence (quality of being eloquent)