"eloquent" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɛl.əˌkwənt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-eloquent.wav [UK] Forms: more eloquent [comparative], most eloquent [superlative]
Etymology: From Old French eloquent, from Latin eloquens (“speaking, having the faculty of speech, eloquent”), present participle of eloquor (“to speak out”), from e (“out”) + loquor (“to speak”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|eloquent}} Old French eloquent, {{der|en|la|eloquens||speaking, having the faculty of speech, eloquent}} Latin eloquens (“speaking, having the faculty of speech, eloquent”), {{m|la|eloquor||to speak out}} eloquor (“to speak out”), {{m|la|e||out}} e (“out”), {{m|la|loquor||to speak}} loquor (“to speak”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} eloquent (comparative more eloquent, superlative most eloquent)
  1. Fluently persuasive and articulate. Categories (topical): Personality, Talking Synonyms: articulate, well-spoken Translations (fluently persuasive and articulate): εὔγλωσσος (eúglōssos) (Ancient Greek), ἐλλόγιμος (ellógimos) (Ancient Greek), فَصِيح (faṣīḥ) [masculine] (Arabic), فُصْحَى (fuṣḥā) [feminine] (Arabic), بَلِيغ (balīḡ) (Arabic), طَلِيق اللِّسَان (ṭalīq al-lisān) (Arabic), պերճախոս (perčaxos) (Armenian), bəlağətli (Azerbaijani), fəsahətli (Azerbaijani), berritsu (Basque), красноречив (krasnorečiv) (Bulgarian), eloqüent (Catalan), 有口才 (yǒu kǒucái) (Chinese Mandarin), 口若懸河 (Chinese Mandarin), 口若悬河 (kǒuruòxuánhé) (Chinese Mandarin), 能言善辯 (Chinese Mandarin), 能言善辩 (néngyán-shànbiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), výřečný (Czech), výmluvný (Czech), veltalende (Danish), welsprekend (Dutch), eloquent (Dutch), welbespraakt (Dutch), nfr-f:r-md-d-w-A2 (nfr mdw) (Egyptian), elokventa (Esperanto), kaunopuheinen (Finnish), éloquent (French), redegewandt (German), eloquent (German), wortgewandt (German), εύγλωττος (évglottos) [masculine] (Greek), ευφραδής (effradís) [masculine] (Greek), ékesszóló (Hungarian), mæskur (Icelandic), eloquenta (Ido), eloquente (Italian), 雄弁な (yūben na) (alt: ゆうべんな) (Japanese), 爽やかな (sawayaka na) (alt: さわやかな) (Japanese), 三寸な (sanzun na) (alt: さんずんな) (Japanese), 口八丁な (kuchihatchō na) (alt: くちはっちょうな) (Japanese), argūtus (Latin), ēloquens (Latin), fācundus (Latin), речит (rečit) [masculine] (Macedonian), красноре́чив (krasnoréčiv) [masculine] (Macedonian), jeih-ocklagh (Manx), wahapū (Maori), elokwentny (Polish), eloquente (Portuguese), elocvent (Romanian), красноречи́вый (krasnorečívyj) [masculine] (Russian), deas-bhriathrach (Scottish Gaelic), výrečný (Slovak), elocuente (Spanish), vältalig (Swedish), elokvent (Swedish), huawdl (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-eloquent-en-adj-HMCtejck Disambiguation of Personality: 63 26 11 Disambiguation of Talking: 69 13 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English_terms_suffixed_with_-ent Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 18 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 24 30 Disambiguation of English_terms_suffixed_with_-ent: 61 19 20 Disambiguation of 'fluently persuasive and articulate': 94 3 2
  2. Effective in expressing meaning by speech. Translations (effective in expressing meaning): فَصِيح (faṣīḥ) [masculine] (Arabic), فُصْحَى (fuṣḥā) [feminine] (Arabic), изразителен (izrazitelen) (Bulgarian), eloqüent (Catalan), přesvědčivý [masculine] (Czech), vakuuttava (Finnish), éloquent (French), אִישׁ דְּבָרִים (ish dvarím) [masculine] (Hebrew), सुवक्ता (suvaktā) (Hindi), ékesszóló (Hungarian), eloquenta (Ido), loquace (Italian), articolato (Italian), verboso (Italian), pedissequo (Italian), jeih-ocklagh (Manx), eloquente (Portuguese), elocvent (Romanian), вырази́тельный (vyrazítelʹnyj) [masculine] (Russian), deas-bhriathrach (Scottish Gaelic), slående (Swedish), talande (Swedish), träffande (Swedish), huawdl (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-eloquent-en-adj-ehY8OD1~ Disambiguation of 'effective in expressing meaning': 9 83 8
  3. (medicine) Relating to areas in the brain that serve an identifiable neurological function, in which injury leads to focal deficits or disability. Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-eloquent-en-adj-0HggWz7v Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: eloquate, eloquently

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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "évglottos",
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          "alt": "ゆうべんな",
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          "alt": "さわやかな",
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          "alt": "くちはっちょうな",
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          "sense": "fluently persuasive and articulate",
          "word": "口八丁な"
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "красноречи́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "fluently persuasive and articulate",
      "word": "deas-bhriathrach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "fluently persuasive and articulate",
      "word": "výrečný"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fluently persuasive and articulate",
      "word": "elocuente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fluently persuasive and articulate",
      "word": "vältalig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fluently persuasive and articulate",
      "word": "elokvent"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "fluently persuasive and articulate",
      "word": "huawdl"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "faṣīḥ",
      "sense": "effective in expressing meaning",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "فَصِيح"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fuṣḥā",
      "sense": "effective in expressing meaning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "فُصْحَى"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izrazitelen",
      "sense": "effective in expressing meaning",
      "word": "изразителен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "effective in expressing meaning",
      "word": "eloqüent"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "effective in expressing meaning",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "přesvědčivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "effective in expressing meaning",
      "word": "vakuuttava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "effective in expressing meaning",
      "word": "éloquent"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ish dvarím",
      "sense": "effective in expressing meaning",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אִישׁ דְּבָרִים"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "suvaktā",
      "sense": "effective in expressing meaning",
      "word": "सुवक्ता"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "effective in expressing meaning",
      "word": "ékesszóló"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "effective in expressing meaning",
      "word": "eloquenta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "effective in expressing meaning",
      "word": "loquace"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "effective in expressing meaning",
      "word": "articolato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "effective in expressing meaning",
      "word": "verboso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "effective in expressing meaning",
      "word": "pedissequo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "effective in expressing meaning",
      "word": "jeih-ocklagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "effective in expressing meaning",
      "word": "eloquente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "effective in expressing meaning",
      "word": "elocvent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vyrazítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "effective in expressing meaning",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вырази́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "effective in expressing meaning",
      "word": "deas-bhriathrach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "effective in expressing meaning",
      "word": "slående"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "effective in expressing meaning",
      "word": "talande"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "effective in expressing meaning",
      "word": "träffande"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "effective in expressing meaning",
      "word": "huawdl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eloquent"
}

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