eloquence

See also: éloquence

English

Etymology

From Old French eloquence, from Latin eloquentia.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

eloquence (countable and uncountable, plural eloquences)

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

Derived terms

Translations

the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing

Bulgarian: красноречие (bg) n (krasnorečie)
Catalan: eloqüència (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雄辯 (zh), 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)

Latin: fācundia f, eloquium
Macedonian: речитост f (réčitost), красноречивост f (krasnoréčivost)
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
eloquence on Wikiquote.Wikiquote

Middle French

Noun

eloquence f (uncountable)

eloquence (quality of being eloquent)

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