English
rank|allow|spent|soldiers|877|speech|fast|middle|effort
Etymology
OE. spræc (later: spæc)
Pronunciation
IPA|/ˈspiËtʃ/, SAMPA|/"spi:tS/
audio|en-us-speech.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-iËtʃ|-iËtʃ
Noun
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- uncountable The faculty of speech; the ability to speak or to use vocalizations to communicate.
#:It was hard to hear the sounds of his speech over the noise.
- countable A session of speaking; a long oral message given publicly usually by one person.
#:The candidate made some ambitious promises in his campaign speech.
Translations
trans-top|vocal communication
Czech: t-|cs|Å™eÄ|f
Dutch: t+|nl|spraak
Finnish: t+|fi|puhe
German: t+|de|Sprache|f
Icelandic: mál n, tal n, málhæfileiki m, málfar n, mæli n, framburður m
Irish: t-|ga|caint|f|xs=Irish
Italian: t+|it|parola|f
Lithuanian: Å¡neka f, kalba f
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Portuguese: t+|pt|fala|f
Russian: речь f, дар речи
Slovene: t-|sl|govor|m
Spanish: t-|es|habla|f
Swedish: t+|sv|tal|n
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trans-top|an oration, session of speaking
Czech: t-|cs|Å™eÄ|f
Dutch: toespraak, speech
Finnish: t+|fi|puhe
French: t+|fr|discours|m
German: Rede f, Ansprache f
Greek: t|el|ομiλία|f|sc=Grek (omilÃa)
Icelandic: t-|is|ræða|f, t-|is|ávarp|n, t+|is|tala|f
Italian: t+|it|discorso|m
Japanese: 演説 (ãˆã‚“ãœã¤, enzetsu)
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Lithuanian: prakalba f, pranešimas m, kalba f
Portuguese: t+|pt|discurso|m
Russian: речь (reÄ’) f, Ñпич (spiÄ) m
Slovene: t-|sl|govor|m
Spanish: t+|es|discurso|m
Swedish: t+|sv|tal|n
Telugu: ఉపనà±à°¯à°¾à°¸à°‚ (upanyaasam)
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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|خطبة unicode|(χúʈba) f
ttbc|Belarusian: прамова (pramova) f
ttbc|Chinese: 演說, 演说 (yÇŽnshuÅ)
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ttbc|Hungarian: beszéd
ttbc|Korean: 연설 (yeonseol)
ttbc|Maori: korero
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Derived terms
figure of speech
speechwriter
Related terms
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