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English
Etymology
From Old French eloquence, from Latin eloquentia.
Pronunciation
- 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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :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)
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Further reading
Middle French
Noun
eloquence f (uncountable)
- eloquence (quality of being eloquent)
