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spoken
- /ˈspəʊ.k(ə)n/ UK
- /ˈspoʊ.kən/ US
Rhymes with -əʊkən
Where it comes from
Morphologically spoke + -n.
adjective more spoken · most spoken
- Expressed in speech.
- Speaking in a specified way. soft-spoken
- Of a language, produced by articulate sounds. Algebra is not a spoken language like French or Spanish, it is a math language.
verb
- past participle of speak
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: word-of-mouth, verbal, vocal, voiced, unwritten, expressed, oral, uttered, verbalized, viva-voce, pronounced, speech, mention, conversation, heard, cited
Translations
Every language
adj expressed in speech
| Español | hablado, oral |
|---|---|
| Français | parlé |
| Deutsch | gesprochen |
| Ελληνικά | προφορικός proforikós |
| Русский | у́стный ústnyj, речево́й rečevój, разгово́рный razgovórnyj |
| العربية | مَنْطُوق manṭūq, شَفَهِيّ šafahiyy, مَحْكِيّ maḥkiyy |
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howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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