eloquent

See also: éloquent

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French eloquent, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin eloquens (“speaking, having the faculty of speech, eloquent”), present participle of eloqui (“to speak out”), from e (“out”) + loqui (“to speak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.əˌkwənt/

• Audio (UK):

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Adjective

eloquent (comparative more eloquent, superlative most eloquent)

1. fluently persuasive and articulate
2. effective in expressing meaning by speech

Usage notes

Eloquent expresses stronger praise than do articulate or well-spoken.

Synonyms

• articulate
• well-spoken

Derived terms

• eloquently

Related terms

• colloquial
• colloquium
• colloquy
• eloquence
• grandiloquent
• illocution
• interlocution
• interlocutor
• locution
• loquacious
• magniloquent
• perlocution

 

Translations

fluently persuasive and articulate

• Arabic: فَصِيح m (faṣīḥ), فُصْحَى f (fuṣḥā), بَلِيغ (balīḡ)
• Armenian: պերճախոս (hy) (perčaxos)
• Basque: berritsu
• Bulgarian: красноречив (bg) (krasnorečiv)
• Catalan: eloqüent
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有口才 (yǒu kǒucái), 口若懸河／口若悬河 (zh) (kǒuruòxuánhé), 口若悬河 (zh) (kǒuruòxuánhé), 能言善辯／能言善辩 (zh) (néngyánshànbiàn), 能言善辩 (zh) (néngyán-shànbiàn)

• Danish: veltalende
• Dutch: welsprekend (nl), eloquent (nl), welbespraakt (nl)
• Esperanto: elokventa
• Finnish: kaunopuheinen
• French: éloquent (fr)
• German: redegewandt (de), eloquent (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: εὔγλωσσος (eúglōssos), ἐλλόγιμος (ellógimos)

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• Hungarian: ékesszóló (hu)
• Icelandic: mæskur
• Ido: eloquenta (io)
• Italian: eloquente (it)
• Japanese: 雄弁な (ja) (ゆうべんな, yūben na), 爽やかな (ja) (さわやかな, sawayaka na), 三寸な (さんずんな, sanzun na), 口八丁な (くちはっちょうな, kuchihatchō na)
• Latin: argūtus, ēloquens (la), fācundus
• Macedonian: речит m (rečit), красноре́чив m (krasnoréčiv)
• Manx: jeih-ocklagh
• Maori: wahapū
• Portuguese: eloquente (pt)
• Russian: красноречи́вый (ru) m (krasnorečívyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: deas-bhriathrach
• Spanish: elocuente m or f
• Swedish: vältalig (sv), elokvent (sv)

effective in expressing meaning

• Arabic: فَصِيح m (faṣīḥ), فُصْحَى f (fuṣḥā)
• Bulgarian: изразителен (bg) (izrazitelen)
• Catalan: eloqüent
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: vakuuttava (fi)
• French: éloquent (fr)
• Hebrew: אִישׁ דְּבָרִים (he) m (ish dvarím)
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• Hungarian: ékesszóló (hu)
• Ido: eloquenta (io)
• Italian: loquace (it), articolato (it), verboso (it), pedissequo (it)
• Manx: jeih-ocklagh
• Portuguese: eloquente (pt)
• Russian: вырази́тельный (ru) m (vyrazítelʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: deas-bhriathrach
• Swedish: slående (sv), talande (sv), träffande (sv)

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• French: ^{(please verify)} éloquent (fr)
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Further reading

• “eloquent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “eloquent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French éloquent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌeː.loːˈkʋɛnt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: e‧lo‧quent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Adjective

eloquent (comparative eloquenter, superlative eloquentst)

1. eloquent

Inflection

Declension of eloquent
uninflected	eloquent
inflected	eloquente
comparative	eloquenter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		eloquent	eloquenter	het eloquentst het eloquentste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	eloquente	eloquentere	eloquentste
	n. sing.	eloquent	eloquenter	eloquentste
	plural	eloquente	eloquentere	eloquentste
definite		eloquente	eloquentere	eloquentste
partitive		eloquents	eloquenters	—

Synonyms

• bespraakt (uncommon)
• welbespraakt
• welsprekend

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German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

eloquent (comparative eloquenter, superlative am eloquentesten)

1. eloquent

Synonyms

• redegewandt

Related terms

• Eloquenz

Further reading

• “eloquent” in Duden online

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Middle French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French eloquent, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin eloquens (“speaking, having the faculty of speech, eloquent”), present participle of eloqui (“to speak out”), from e (“out”) + loqui (“to speak”).

Adjective

eloquent m (feminine singular eloquente, masculine plural eloquents, feminine plural eloquentes)

1. eloquent

Related terms

• eloquence