"upspeak" meaning in All languages combined

See upspeak on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ʌpˈspiːk/ [verb], /ˈʌpspiːk/ [noun] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-upspeak.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-upspeak2.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: up- + speak. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|up|speak}} up- + speak Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} upspeak (uncountable)
  1. (linguistics) A manner of speaking in which the intonation of one's voice rises at the end of a statement, as if expressing uncertainty or asking a question; uptalk. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-upspeak-en-noun-I-DTjcGr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 48 7 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Verb [English]

IPA: /ʌpˈspiːk/ [verb], /ˈʌpspiːk/ [noun] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-upspeak.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-upspeak2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: upspeaks [present, singular, third-person], upspeaking [participle, present], upspoke [past], upspoken [participle, past]
Etymology: up- + speak. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|up|speak}} up- + speak Head templates: {{en-verb|upspeaks|upspeaking|upspoke|upspoken}} upspeak (third-person singular simple present upspeaks, present participle upspeaking, simple past upspoke, past participle upspoken)
  1. (intransitive) To speak up; advocate. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-upspeak-en-verb-eJ5YkoNC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with up- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 48 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 40 53 7 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 36 56 9 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with up-: 22 66 12
  2. (linguistics, transitive, intransitive) To speak with upspeak; to uptalk. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-upspeak-en-verb-GXbKzmBP Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: upspeaker

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for upspeak meaning in All languages combined (6.2kB)

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