speech
(sp ch)
n.
1.
a. The faculty or act of speaking.
b. The faculty or act of expressing or
describing thoughts, feelings, or perceptions by the articulation of
words. 2. Something spoken; an utterance.
3. Vocal communication;
conversation.
4.
a. A talk or public address: "The best impromptu speeches are the ones written
well in advance" (Ruth
Gordon).
b. A printed copy of such an
address. 5. One's habitual manner or style of
speaking.
6. The language or dialect of a nation or
region: American speech.
7. The sounding of a musical
instrument.
8. The study of oral communication, speech
sounds, and vocal physiology.
9. Archaic Rumor. [Middle English speche, from Old English
spr  c,
spc.] |
speech [spiːtʃ]
n
1. (Linguistics)
a. the act or faculty of speaking, esp as
possessed by persons to have speech with
somebody
b. (as modifier) speech therapy
2. that which is spoken; utterance
3. a talk or address delivered to an
audience
4. a person's characteristic manner of
speaking
5. (Linguistics) a national or regional language
or dialect
6. (Linguistics) Linguistics another word
for parole [5]
[Old English spēc; related to specan to
speak]
Speech
1. an incorrectness in diction.
2. cacology. — acyrological, adj.
2. cacology. — acyrological, adj.
Medicine. an inability to speak, especially as
the result of a brain lesion.
Pathology. an impairment or loss of the
faculty of understanding or using spoken or written language. —
aphasiac, n. — aphasic, n., adj.
loss of the power of speech; dumbness. — aphonic,
— apho-nous, adj.
loss or absence of the power of speech.
the ability to speak in two distinct voices. —
biloquist, n.
1. a defectively produced speech.
2. socially unacceptable enunciation.
3. nonconformist pronunciation.
2. socially unacceptable enunciation.
3. nonconformist pronunciation.
the condition of lacking both hearing and speech.
Also called surdomutism. — deafmute, n.
Pathology. an inability to express ideas or
reasoning in speech because of a mental disorder.
an impaired state of the power of speech or of the
ability to comprehend language, caused by injury to the brain.
any neurotic disorder of speech; stammering.
speech problems resulting from damage to or
malformation of the speech organs.
the uncontrollable and immediate repetition of sounds
and words heard from others. — echolalic, adj.
1. the art of public speaking.
2. the manner or quality of a person’s speech. — elocutionist, n.
2. the manner or quality of a person’s speech. — elocutionist, n.
confused or unintelligible speech; gibberish.
an instrument for recording the movements of the
tongue during speech.
an ecstatic, usually unintelligible speech uttered in
the worship services of any of several sects stressing emotionality and
religious fervor. Also called speaking in tongues. — glossolalist,
n.
an abnormal fear of speaking in public or of trying
to speak.
a throaty manner of speaking.
a condition in which control of the speech organs is
lost, resulting in meaningless and deranged speech.
a tendency to articulate sounds with the lips
rounded.
an abnormal love of speech or talking.
the branch of medical science that studies disorders
of speech. — lalopathy, n. — lalopathic, adj.
an abnormal fear of speaking.
Pathology. the science that studies speech
defects and their treatment. Also logopedics, logopaedics. — logopedie,
logopaedic, adj.
a pathological speech problem, as stammering.
Psychiatry. a conscious or unconscious refusal
to make verbal responses to questions, present in some mental
disorders.
any speech that contains new words unintelligible to
a hearer. See also psychology.
Obsolete, loss of speech or the act of keeping
silence.
a speech defect or disorder in which sounds are
distorted.
a disorder of the faculty of reasoning, characterized
by discon-nected and meaningless speech.
aphasia characterized by the inability to find the
correct words to express meaning.
garbled or incoherent speech, the result of
aphasia.
speaking from the chest, a phenomenon observed with a
stethoscope and caused by the voice reverberating in the lung cavities as
a result of disease. — pectoriloquial, pectoriloquous,
adj.
the condition of stuttering or stammering.
a mechanical, repetitive, and usually meaningless
speech.
deafmutism. — surdomute, n.
1. the act or process of
whispering.
2. a whispering sound or soft rustling. Also susurrus. — susurrant, susurrous, adj.
2. a whispering sound or soft rustling. Also susurrus. — susurrant, susurrous, adj.
an abnormality of speech characterized by extreme
volubility.
repetition of the same sound. — tautophonic,
tautophonical, adj.
a stammering and stuttering speech.
ventriloquism.
the art or practice of speaking so that the voice
seems not to come from the speaker but from another source, as from a
mechanical doll. Also called ventriloquy, ventrilocution,
gastriloquism. — ventriloquist, n. — ven-triloquistic,
adj.
meaningless repetition of words and phrases.
ThesaurusLegend:
Synonyms Related
Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  speech - the act of delivering a formal
spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on
minor Roman poets"
body - the central
message of a communication; "the body of the message was
short"
introduction
- the first section of a communication
close, closing, ending, conclusion,
end - the last
section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..."
speech act -
the use of language to perform some act
allocution -
(rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or
exhorts
colloquium -
an address to an academic meeting or seminar
dithyramb - a
wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing
impromptu - an
extemporaneous speech or remark; "a witty impromptu must not sound
premeditated"
inaugural, inaugural
address - an address delivered at an inaugural ceremony
(especially by a United States president)
lecture, public
lecture, talk - a speech
that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on
telecommunications"
litany - any long
and tedious address or recital; "the patient recited a litany of
complaints"; "a litany of failures"
oratory -
addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical
address and often pompous); "he loved the sound of his own
oratory"
oral
presentation, public
speaking, speechmaking,
speaking -
delivering an address to a public audience; "people came to see the
candidates and hear the speechmaking"
|
| 2. |  speech - (language) communication by
word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh
language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"
oral
communication, speech
communication, spoken
communication, spoken
language, voice
communication, language
language, linguistic
communication - a systematic means of communicating by the use
of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages";
"the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the
speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language
in which it is written"
auditory
communication - communication that relies on hearing
words - the words
that are spoken; "I listened to his words very closely"
orthoepy, pronunciation
- the way a word or a language is customarily spoken; "the
pronunciation of Chinese is difficult for foreigners"; "that is the
correct pronunciation"
conversation
- the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or
information etc.
give-and-take,
discussion,
word - an
exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good discussion"; "we had
a word or two about it"
locution, saying, expression -
a word or phrase that particular people use in particular
situations; "pardon the expression"
non-standard
speech - speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily
recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech
community
idiolect - the
language or speech of one individual at a particular period in
life
monologue - a
long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others
from participating in the conversation)
magic spell,
magical
spell, charm, spell - a verbal
formula believed to have magical force; "he whispered a spell as he
moved his hands"; "inscribed around its base is a charm in
Balinese"
dictation -
speech intended for reproduction in writing
| |
| 3. | speech - something spoken; "he could hear them uttering
merry speeches"
utterance, vocalization
- the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication | |
| 4. | speech - the exchange of spoken words; "they were
perfectly comfortable together without speech"
speaking, speech
production - the utterance of intelligible speech | |
| 5. | speech - your characteristic style or manner of
expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite
abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a
slight accent in his speech"
expressive
style, style - a way of
expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is
characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period;
"all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the
newspaper"
address - the
manner of speaking to another individual; "he failed in his manner
of address to the captain"
catch - a break or
check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
paralanguage,
paralinguistic
communication - the use of manner of speaking to communicate
particular meanings
tongue - a manner
of speaking; "he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib
tongue"
shibboleth -
a manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of
people
tone, tone of
voice - the quality of a person's voice; "he began in a
conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice"
elocution - an
expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and
gesture
prosody, inflection -
the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
inflection,
modulation
- a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the
voice is modified | |
| 6. | speech - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my
father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"
rebuke, reprehension,
reprimand,
reproof, reproval - an
act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the
rebuke with a smile on his face"
curtain
lecture - a private lecture to a husband by his wife | |
| 7. |  speech - words making up the dialogue of
a play; "the actor forgot his speech"
aside - a line
spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on
the stage
cue - an actor's
line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some
action or speech
monologue - a
(usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
soliloquy - a
(usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of
unspoken reflections
throwaway -
words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis
line - text
consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer
screen; "the letter consisted of three short lines"; "there are six
lines in every stanza" | |
| 8. | speech - the mental faculty or power of vocal
communication; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other
animals"
lexis - all of the
words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical
function
|
speech
noun
1. communication,
talk, conversation, articulation, discussion, dialogue, intercourse,
verbal communication, verbal
expression the development of speech
in children
2. diction, pronunciation,
articulation,
delivery, fluency, inflection, intonation, elocution, enunciation
His speech became increasingly thick and
nasal.
3. language, tongue, utterance, jargon, dialect, idiom, parlance, articulation, diction, lingo (informal),
enunciation
the way common letter clusters are pronounced in
speech
4. talk, address, lecture, discourse, harangue, homily, oration, spiel (informal),
disquisition
He delivered his speech in French.
Quotations
"A speech is poetry: cadence, rhythm, imagery, sweep! A speech reminds us that words, like children, have the power to make dance the dullest beanbag of a heart" [Peggy Noonan What I Saw at the Revolution]
"A speech is like a love-affair. Any fool can start it, but to end it requires considerable skill" [Lord Mancroft]
"Speech is the small-change of silence" [George Meredith The Ordeal of Richard Feverel]
"Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars" [Gustave Flaubert Madame Bovary]
"A speech is poetry: cadence, rhythm, imagery, sweep! A speech reminds us that words, like children, have the power to make dance the dullest beanbag of a heart" [Peggy Noonan What I Saw at the Revolution]
"A speech is like a love-affair. Any fool can start it, but to end it requires considerable skill" [Lord Mancroft]
"Speech is the small-change of silence" [George Meredith The Ordeal of Richard Feverel]
"Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars" [Gustave Flaubert Madame Bovary]
Translations
speech [spiːtʃ]
A. N
1. (= faculty) → habla f; (=
words) → palabras
fpl; (= language) → lenguaje
m; (= manner of speaking) → lenguaje m, forma f de hablar
to lose the power of speech → perder el habla
to recover one's speech → recobrar el habla, recobrar la palabra
his speech was slurred → arrastraba las palabras, farfullaba al hablar
he expresses himself better in speech than in writing → se expresa mejor hablando or de palabra que por escrito
children's speech → el lenguaje de los niños
freedom of speech → libertad f de expresión
to be slow of speech → hablar lentamente, ser torpe de palabra
to lose the power of speech → perder el habla
to recover one's speech → recobrar el habla, recobrar la palabra
his speech was slurred → arrastraba las palabras, farfullaba al hablar
he expresses himself better in speech than in writing → se expresa mejor hablando or de palabra que por escrito
children's speech → el lenguaje de los niños
freedom of speech → libertad f de expresión
to be slow of speech → hablar lentamente, ser torpe de palabra
2. (= address) → discurso
m
to make a speech → pronunciar un discurso
speech, speech! → ¡que hable! ¡que hable!
to make a speech → pronunciar un discurso
speech, speech! → ¡que hable! ¡que hable!
B. CPD speech act N → acto m
de habla
speech analysis N → análisis m de la voz
speech command N → comando m vocal
speech community N → comunidad f lingüística
speech day N (Brit) → reparto m de premios
speech defect, speech impediment N → defecto m del habla
speech organ N → órgano m del habla
speech recognition N (Comput) → reconocimiento m de voz
speech synthesizer N → sintetizador m de la voz humana
speech therapist N → logopeda mf
speech therapy N → terapia f de la palabra
speech training N → lecciones fpl de elocución
speech writer N → escritor(a) m/f de discursos, redactor(a) m/f de discursos
speech analysis N → análisis m de la voz
speech command N → comando m vocal
speech community N → comunidad f lingüística
speech day N (Brit) → reparto m de premios
speech defect, speech impediment N → defecto m del habla
speech organ N → órgano m del habla
speech recognition N (Comput) → reconocimiento m de voz
speech synthesizer N → sintetizador m de la voz humana
speech therapist N → logopeda mf
speech therapy N → terapia f de la palabra
speech training N → lecciones fpl de elocución
speech writer N → escritor(a) m/f de discursos, redactor(a) m/f de discursos
speech
speech:
speech:
n
no pl (= faculty of
speech) → Sprache
f; (= act of speaking) → Sprechen
nt; (= manner of speaking) → Sprechweise
f; to be slow of speech →
langsam sprechen; his speech was very indistinct → er sprach
sehr undeutlich;
he expresses himself better in speech than
in writing → er drückt sich mündlich besser aus als schriftlich;
to burst into speech → in einen Redeschwall ausbrechen;
to lose/recover the power of speech
→ die Sprache verlieren/zurückgewinnen;
speech is silver, silence is golden
(prov) → Reden ist Silber, Schweigen ist Gold (Prov); freedom of speech → Redefreiheit
f
(= oration, Theat) → Rede
f (→ on, about über +acc); (in
court) → Plädoyer
nt; to give or make a
speech → eine Rede halten; the actor had three speeches → der Schauspieler hat
dreimal gesprochen;
the chairman invited speeches from the
floor → der Vorsitzende
forderte das Publikum zu Meinungsäußerungen
auf; the speech from the
throne → die Thronrede
(US: Sch, Univ: = study of
speech) → Sprechkunde f
speech:
speech act
n → Sprechakt
m
speech bubble
n (in comic, cartoon) → Sprechblase
f
speech community
n → Sprachgemeinschaft
f
speech day
n (Brit) → Schulfeier
f
speech defect
n → Sprachfehler
m
speech:
speechmaking
speech organ
n → Sprechwerkzeug
nt
speech pattern
n → Sprechmuster
nt
speech recognition
speech sound
n → Sprachlaut
m
speech synthesizer
n → Sprachsynthesizer
m
speech therapy
speech writer
n → Ghostwriter(in)
m(f) (inf), → Redenschreiber(in)
m(f)
speech [spiːtʃ] n
a. (faculty) → parola;
(manner of speaking) → parlata, modo di
parlare
to lose the power of speech → perdere l'uso della parola
freedom of speech → libertà di parola
to lose the power of speech → perdere l'uso della parola
freedom of speech → libertà di parola
n speech [spiːtʃ]
1 (the act of) saying words, or the ability
to say words Speech is one method of
communication between people.
spraak حَديث، كَلام говор řeč tale die Sprache ομιλία habla kõnelemine, kõnevõime
گفتار puhuminen parole דִיבּוּר
बोली govorenje, sposobnost
govorenja beszéd wicara mál il parlare, linguaggio 話す力 말하기 kalba, šneka
runāšana bertutur het spreken tale(evne) mowa fala vorbire речь reč
govor govor tal การพูด konuşma 言語 мова,
мовлення گویائی، بولنے کی
صلاحیت khả năng, hành động
nói 言语
2 the words said His speech is full of colloquialisms. spraak كَلِمات،
ألفاظ слово řeč sprog die Sprache ομιλία,
λόγος palabras kõne, keel
سخن puhe
langage נְאוּם
बोली govorenje beszéd perkataan málfar modo di
parlare 話し 말 kalba runa; valoda
pertuturan taal mål,
språk język discurso limbaj речь reč
govor govor tal คำพูด konuşma, söz 說話 мова بولے گیے الفاظ lời
nói 说话
3 manner or way of speaking His speech is very slow. spraak طَريقَة
الكَلام реч způsob řeči måde at tale
på das Sprechen ομιλία lenguaje, forma de hablar kõneviis
گويش puhetapa façon de
parler סִגנוֹן דִיבּוּר बोलने का तरीका način
govora beszéd(mód) cara bicara mæli modo di
parlare 話し方 말하는 매너 šneka runa
pertuturann spraak mål, måte å snakke på mowa fala mod de a vorbi манера
говорить spôsob reči način
govorjenja govor tal ลักษณะการพูด konuşma biçimi, ağız 說話方式 вимова; манера
говорити بولنے کا انداز cách nói , lối nói
说话方式
4 a formal talk given to a meeting etc parliamentary speeches. toespraak خِطاب изказване
projev tale; -tale die Rede επίσημος
λόγος,
αγόρευση discurso kõne
سخنراني puhe discours נְאוּם किसी बैठक में
दिया गया औपचारिक भाषण govor beszéd
pidato ræða discorso 演説 연설 kalba
runa ucapan toespraak tale mowa discurso speech, discurs речь;
выступление prejav
govor govor tal, anförande คำปราศรัย;
สุนทรพจน์ konuşma, nutuk 演講 виступ;
промова تقریر، خطاب bài diễn thuyết 演讲
adj speechless
unable to speak, often because of surprise, shock etc
He looked at her in speechless
amazement. sprakeloos فاقِد النُّطْق، مَعْقود اللسان онемял němý målløs sprachlos άφωνος mudo, enmudecido sõnatu
mykistynyt muet מוּכֶּה אֶלֶם
अवाक bez riječi, zanijemio néma tidak bisa
bicara orðlaus muto,
senza parola 口もきけない 말을
잃어버린 bežadis mēms; bez valodas bungkam;
tidak dapat berkata-kata sprakeloos målløs, taus, stum oniemiały sem
fala mut, fără glas онемевший;
безмолвный nemý, onemený, zatíchnutý brez besed
zanemeo mållös ซึ่งไม่สามารถพูดได้ dili
tutulmuş 說不出話的 німий; безмовний دم بخود،
گونگا mất tiếng, không nói
được 说不出话的
adv speechlessly
sprakeloos بدون
قُدْرَةٍ على الكَلام،
بِلِسان مَعْقود безмълвно beze slova
målløst sprachlos άφωνα sin una palabra sõnatult
mykistyneenä sans un mot לְלא יְכוֹלֶת לְדַבֵּר
गूंगेपन से, मौनता से, भौचक्कापन से
nijemo szótlanul dengan membisu
orðlaust senza parola 口もきけずに 형언할 수 없게, 말할
수 없을 정도로 netekęs žado bez valodas; bez vārdiem
dengan bungkam sprakeloos målløst, taust w osłupieniu silenciosamente fără vorbe; mut безмолвно bez slova
nemo zanemelo mållös
อย่างไม่สามารถพูดได้ dili tutulmuş bir şekilde 說不出話來 безмовно,
оніміло خاموشی سے mất tiếng, không nói được 说不出话来
n speechlessness
sprakeloosheid عَدَم القُدْرَةِ على الكَلام،
إنْعِقاد اللسان безмълвие němota
målløshed die Sprachlosigkeit βουβαμάρα mutismo sõnatus
sanattomuus mutisme אֶלֶם गूंगापन,
मौनता zanijemjelost némaság, szótlanság
kebisuan þögli, þögn mutismo 口もきけないこと 형언할 수
없음 žado praradimas mēmums; valodas zudums
kebungkaman sprakeloosheid målløshet, taushet osłupienie mutismo muţenie безмолвие nemota
nemost zanemelost mållöshet
ไม่สามารถพูดได้ dili
tutulmuşluk 說不出話 втрата мовлення بے
زبانی sự mất tiếng, sự không nói
được 说不出话
speech → خُطبة řeč tale Sprechen ομιλία habla puhekyky discours govor discorso 言葉 말 speech tale przemówienie discurso речь tal คำบรรยาย konuşma khả năng nói 发言
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