An orator is made, but a poet is born.
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Orator
//ˈɑɹ.ə.tɚ//
Synonyms for "orator" (8 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (2)
Related words (4)
Noun(2 words)
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1 entriesderived
7 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
85 translations across 48 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ῥήτωρ noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- ῥήτωρ noun (skilled and eloquent public speaker)
Arabic
2 entries- خَطِيب noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- خَطِيبَة noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Armenian
1 entries- հռետոր noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- natiq noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- natiq noun (skilled and eloquent public speaker)
Belarusian
2 entries- ара́тар noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- прамо́ўца noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ора́тор noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Catalan
2 entries- orador noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- oradora noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 演說者 /演说者 noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Czech
2 entries- řečnice noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- řečník noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Danish
2 entries- taler noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- taler noun (skilled and eloquent public speaker)
Dutch
2 entries- redenaar noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- redenaar noun (skilled and eloquent public speaker)
Esperanto
2 entries- oratorino noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- oratoro noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Estonian
1 entries- oraator noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Finnish
1 entries- puhuja noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
French
2 entries- orateur noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- oratrice noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Galician
2 entries- orador noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- oradora noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Georgian
1 entries- ორატორი noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
German
2 entries- Redner noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- Rednerin noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Greek
3 entries- αγορήτρια noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- αγορητής noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- ρήτορας noun (skilled and eloquent public speaker)
Hindi
1 entries- वक्ता noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Irish
1 entries- óráidí noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Italian
2 entries- oratore noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- oratrice noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Japanese
3 entries- 演説家 noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- 能弁家 noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- 雄弁家 noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Kazakh
1 entries- шешен noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Korean
1 entries- 웅변가 noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- оратор noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- чечен noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Latin
2 entries- ōrātor noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- ōrātrīx noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Latvian
1 entries- orators noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Lithuanian
1 entries- oratorius noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Māori
1 entries- pūkorero noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Navajo
1 entries- nanitʼáii noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Persian
3 entries- خطیب noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- سخنران noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- ناطق noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Rädna noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Polish
4 entries- mówca noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- mówczyni noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- orator noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- oratorka noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Portuguese
2 entries- orador noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- oradora noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Romanian
2 entries- oratoare noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- orator noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Russian
2 entries- ора́тор noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- ора́тор noun (skilled and eloquent public speaker)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- besednik noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- orator noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- беседник noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- оратор noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Slovak
2 entries- rečník noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- rečníčka noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Slovene
1 entries- govornik noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Spanish
2 entries- orador noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- oradora noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Swahili
1 entries- msemaji noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Swedish
2 entries- orator noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- talare noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Tajik
4 entries- нотиқ noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- суханвар noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- суханоро noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- суханпардоз noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Turkish
1 entries- hatip noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ора́тор noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
- промо́вець noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Urdu
1 entries- خَطِیب noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Uzbek
1 entries- notiq noun (someone who orates or delivers an oration)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
After a two hour speech everyone was tired of the soapbox orator.
Source: tatoeba (8785198)
Cicero was a great orator and a great philosopher; therefore, a great poet.
Source: tatoeba (10009124)
William's charisma helped him overcome his fear of public speaking and become a confident orator.
Source: tatoeba (11617985)
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