eloquence

See also: éloquence

English

Etymology

From Old French eloquence, from Latin eloquentia.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.ə.kwəns/
Hyphenation: el‧o‧quence

Noun

eloquence (countable and uncountable, plural eloquences)

The quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing.
speak with eloquence

express oneself with eloquence
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
  Thy plainness moves me more than eloquence
  And here choose I. Joy be the consequence!
(countable) An eloquent utterance.

Derived terms

Translations

the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing

Arabic: بَلَاغَة f (balāḡa), فَصَاحَة f (faṣāḥa)
Belarusian: красамо́ўства n (krasamóŭstva)
Bulgarian: красноре́чие (bg) n (krasnoréčie), красноречи́вост f (krasnorečívost)
Catalan: eloqüència (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雄辯／雄辩 (zh) (xióngbiàn), 口才 (zh) (kǒucái)
Czech: výmluvnost f, výřečnost (cs) f
Dutch: welbespraaktheid (nl) f, eloquentie (nl)
Esperanto: elokventeco
Finnish: kaunopuheisuus (fi)
French: éloquence (fr) f
German: Redegewandtheit (de) f, Eloquenz (de) f, Sprachfertigkeit (de) f, Beredsamkeit (de) f, Redseligkeit (de), Redseligkeit (de)
Greek: ευγλωττία (el) f (evglottía), ευφράδεια (el) f (effrádeia)
Ancient: καλλιρρημοσύνη f (kallirrhēmosúnē)
Hindi: वाक्‌चातुर्य (vāk‌cāturya), वाक्‌पटुता (vāk‌paṭutā), वाग्मिता (hi) (vāgmitā), फ़साहत (fasāhat), बलाग़त (balāġat), वक्तृता (hi) (vaktŕtā), सुवचन (hi) (suvcan)
Hungarian: ékesszólás (hu), beszédkészség (hu)
Italian: eloquenza (it) f
Japanese: 雄弁 (ja) (ゆうべん, yūben)
Latin: fācundia f, ēloquium n
Macedonian: речитост f (rečitost), красноречивост f (krasnorečivost)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: veltalenhet m, språkferdighet m
Old Norse: málsnild f, málsnilld f
Persian: بلاغت (fa) (balâğat), فصاحت (fa) (fasâhat)
Polish: elokwencja (pl) f
Portuguese: eloquência (pt) f
Romanian: elocvență (ro) f
Russian: красноре́чие (ru) n (krasnoréčije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: рѐчито̄ст f, рјѐчито̄ст f, краснорѐчиво̄ст f, краснорјѐчиво̄ст f

Roman: rèčitōst f, rjèčitōst (sh) f, krasnorèčivōst f, krasnorjèčivōst (sh) f
Slovak: výrečnosť f
Slovene: zgovornost f
Spanish: elocuencia (es) f
Swahili: usemaji
Swedish: elokvens (sv) c, vältalighet (sv) c
Tajik: балоғат (baloġat), фасоҳат (fasohat)
Turkish: belagat (tr), konuşma sanatı
Ukrainian: красномо́вство n (krasnomóvstvo), красномо́вність f (krasnomóvnistʹ)

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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