"spoken" meaning in English

See spoken in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈspoʊkən/ [US] Audio: en-us-spoken.ogg [US] Forms: more spoken [comparative], most spoken [superlative]
Rhymes: -əʊkən Etymology: Morphologically spoke + -n. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|spoke|n}} spoke + -n Head templates: {{en-adj}} spoken (comparative more spoken, superlative most spoken)
  1. Relating to speech Translations (concerning speech): مَنْطُوق (manṭūq) (Arabic), شَفَهِيّ (šafahiyy) (Arabic), مَحْكِيّ (maḥkiyy) (Arabic), устен (usten) (Bulgarian), говорим (govorim) (Bulgarian), gesproken (Dutch), puhuttu (Finnish), puhe- (Finnish), parlé (French), gesprochen (German), προφορικός (proforikós) (Greek), beszélt (Hungarian), dictus (Latin), mówiony (Polish), ustny (Polish), у́стный (ústnyj) (english: oral) (Russian), речево́й (rečevój) (english: related to speech) (Russian), разгово́рный (razgovórnyj) [colloquial] (Russian), उक्त (ukta) (Sanskrit), वाचिक (vācika) (Sanskrit), hablado (Spanish), భాషితము (bhāṣitamu) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-spoken-en-adj-RE6i6iDY Disambiguation of 'concerning speech': 72 15 13
  2. Speaking in a specified way Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-spoken-en-adj-ZoKjoBJv Disambiguation of Talking: 0 31 33 36
  3. (of a language) Produced by articulate sounds. Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-spoken-en-adj-Ll0OsTpn Disambiguation of Talking: 0 31 33 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: oral, verbal

Verb

IPA: /ˈspoʊkən/ [US] Audio: en-us-spoken.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -əʊkən Etymology: Morphologically spoke + -n. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|spoke|n}} spoke + -n Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} spoken
  1. past participle of speak Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: speak Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-spoken-en-verb-KbQ63X7f Disambiguation of Talking: 0 31 33 36 Categories (other): English adjectives ending in -en, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -n Disambiguation of English adjectives ending in -en: 4 18 23 55 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 8 25 66 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 12 25 62 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 8 23 68 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -n: 0 8 22 70

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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "concerning speech",
      "word": "gesprochen"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "proforikós",
      "sense": "concerning speech",
      "word": "προφορικός"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "concerning speech",
      "word": "beszélt"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "concerning speech",
      "word": "dictus"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "concerning speech",
      "word": "mówiony"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "concerning speech",
      "word": "ustny"
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      "sense": "concerning speech",
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      "sense": "concerning speech",
      "word": "hablado"
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      "roman": "bhāṣitamu",
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    "English adjectives",
    "English adjectives ending in -en",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English irregular past participles",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English terms suffixed with -n",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verb forms",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊkən",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊkən/2 syllables",
    "en:Talking"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "spoke",
        "3": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "spoke + -n",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Morphologically spoke + -n.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "spoken",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "speak"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "past participle of speak"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "speak",
          "speak#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspoʊkən/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊkən"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-spoken.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/En-us-spoken.ogg/En-us-spoken.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/En-us-spoken.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "spoken"
  ],
  "word": "spoken"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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