spoken

See also: spöken and spøken

English

Etymology

Morphologically spoke +‎ -n.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈspəʊ.k(ə)n/

  • Audio (UK):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈspoʊ.kən/

  • Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -əʊkən
• Hyphenation: spo‧ken

Adjective

spoken (comparative more spoken, superlative most spoken)

1. Expressed in speech.
2. (in combination) Speaking in a specified way.

   soft-spoken

   well-spoken

   • 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:

     They are both described as thoughtful, slow-spoken men.

3. (phonetics) Of a language, produced by articulate sounds.
   • 2001, Edward Zaccaro, chapter 1, in Real World Algebra:

     Algebra is not a spoken language like French or Spanish, it is a math language.

Synonyms

• oral, verbal

Antonyms

• unspoken

Derived terms

• aforespoken
• fair-spoken
• fine-spoken
• forespoken
• foul-spoken
• free-spoken
• nonspoken
• outspoken
• plainspoken
• plain-spoken
• short-spoken
• smooth-spoken
• soft-spoken
• spoken for
• spokenness
• spoken pause
• spoken word
• sweet-spoken
• unspokenness
• well-spoken

Translations

expressed in speech

• Arabic: مَنْطُوق (manṭūq), شَفَهِيّ (šafahiyy), مَحْكِيّ (maḥkiyy)
• Bulgarian: устен (bg) (usten), говорим (bg) (govorim)
• Dutch: gesproken (nl)
• Finnish: puhuttu (fi), puhe- (fi)
• French: parlé (fr)
• German: gesprochen (de)
• Greek: προφορικός (el) (proforikós)
• Hungarian: beszélt (hu)
• Latin: dictus (la)
• Polish: mówiony, ustny (pl)
• Russian: у́стный (ru) (ústnyj) (oral), речево́й (ru) (rečevój) (related to speech), разгово́рный (ru) (razgovórnyj) (colloquial)
• Sanskrit: उक्त (sa) (ukta), वाचिक (sa) (vācika)
• Spanish: hablado (es), oral (es)
• Telugu: భాషితము (te) (bhāṣitamu)

produced by articulate sounds

• Esperanto: dirita

Verb

spoken

1. past participle of speak

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspoː.kə(n)/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: spo‧ken
• Rhymes: -oːkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch spoken. Equivalent to spook +‎ -en.

Verb

spoken

1. (intransitive) to haunt
2. (intransitive, impersonal, of the weather) to be stormy and wild

   Synonym: stormen

   Het spookte flink vannacht. ― The weather was very stormy tonight.

Conjugation

Conjugation of spoken (weak)
infinitive	spoken
past singular	spookte
past participle	gespookt
infinitive	spoken
gerund	spoken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	spook	spookte
2nd person sing. (jij)	spookt, spook2	spookte
2nd person sing. (u)	spookt	spookte
2nd person sing. (gij)	spookt	spookte
3rd person singular	spookt	spookte
plural	spoken	spookten
subjunctive sing.1	spoke	spookte
subjunctive plur.1	spoken	spookten
imperative sing.	spook
imperative plur.1	spookt
participles	spokend	gespookt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

• rondspoken
• uitspoken

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: spok

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

spoken

1. plural of spook

Middle English

Noun

spoken

1. plural of spoke

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈspokən]

Verb

spoken

1. past participle of speak