What if you gave a speech and nobody came?
Source: tatoeba (1700)
Speech
//spiːt͡ʃ//
Synonyms for "speech" (265 found)
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Closest matches (53)
Strong matches (80)
contactconversationconversationalconverseconversioncorrespondencedealingdealingsdebatedeclamationdialectdialoguediatribedictiondiscoursedisquisitionduologueecphonesiselocutionemphasis
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enunciatedenunciationespeulogyexchangeexclamationexhortationexpressionfilibusterforensicforensic addressformal speechformulationfuneral orationgabgeminationgrammarharanguehomilyhortatory addresshypallagehyperbatonhyperboleidiominauguralinaugural addressinformationinteractinginteractioninteractionalinteractiveinterchangeintercommunicationintercommunicationalintercommunicativeintercommunionintercommunionalintercourseinterplayinterresponsiveinterrogativeinterrogatoryinvectiveinversionironyjargonjeremiadlanguelinelingolingualinguallinguisticlinguistic intercourselitoteslocution
Related words (132)
Noun(14 words)
malapropismmanner of speakingmeiosismessagemetaphormetonymymonologuenuncupativeonomatopoeiaoraloral communicationorationoxymoronpalaverpaperparegmenonparenthesisparlanceparleyparol
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parolepep talkperiphrasisperorationpersonal usagepersonificationphilippicphrasephraseologyphrasingpitchpleonasmprattleprepared speechprepared textpreteritionprolepsispronouncedpublic speakingpublic speechquestion-and-answer sessionquestioningrappingreadingrecitalrecitationregressionrepetitionreplyreportresponseresponsiverhetoricsaidsales pitchsales talksalutatorysalutatory addresssarcasmsayscreedsermonset speechsimilesimilitudesocial intercoursesong and dancesoundedspeakingspeech circuitspeech situationspeechificationspeechingspielspokenspoonerismsyllepsissymplocesynecdochetalktalkathontalkfesttalkingtelepathictelepathytiradetonguetouchtraffictransmissionaltrialoguetrucktwo-way communicationunwrittenusageuse of wordsusus loquendiutteranceutteredvaledictionvaledictoryvaledictory addressverbalverbalizationverbiagevernacularviva vocevocalvocalizationvocalizedvoicevoicedvoicefulvoicingwordagewordingwordszeugma
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Translations
275 translations across 89 languages.
Afrikaans
3 entries- spraak noun (vocal communication)
- spraakstyl noun (style of speaking)
- toespraak noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Albanian
3 entries- fjalim noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- ligjëratë noun (reported speech)
- të folur noun (vocal communication)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- λόγος noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Arabic
4 entries- حَدِيث noun (vocal communication)
- حَدِيث noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- خُطْبَة noun (vocal communication)
- خِطَاب noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Archi
1 entries- чӏат noun (vocal communication)
Armenian
3 entries- ելույթ noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- խոսք noun (vocal communication)
- ճառ noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Asturian
1 entries- faladera noun (vocal communication)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- danışıq noun (vocal communication)
- danışıq noun (style of speaking)
- nitq noun (vocal communication)
- nitq noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Bashkir
2 entries- телмәр noun (vocal communication)
- телмәр noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Basque
1 entries- mintzamen noun (vocal communication)
Belarusian
4 entries- гаво́рка noun (vocal communication)
- гаво́рка noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- маўле́нне noun (vocal communication)
- мо́ва noun (vocal communication)
Bengali
4 entries- কথা noun (vocal communication)
- জবান noun (vocal communication)
- বক্তৃতা noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- বাক noun (vocal communication)
Bulgarian
4 entries- го́вор noun (vocal communication)
- непря́ка реч noun (reported speech)
- реч noun (vocal communication)
- реч noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Catalan
3 entries- discurs noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- parla noun (vocal communication)
- parla noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 演說 /演说 noun (vocal communication)
- 語言 /语言 noun (vocal communication)
- 講話 /讲话 noun (vocal communication)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 演說 /演说 noun (vocal communication)
- 演說 /演说 noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- 語言 /语言 noun (vocal communication)
- 說話 /说话 noun (vocal communication)
Choctaw
1 entries- anumpa noun (vocal communication)
Church Slavic
2 entries- рѣчь noun (vocal communication)
- ⱃⱑⱍⱐ noun (vocal communication)
Czech
3 entries- projev noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- řeč noun (vocal communication)
- řeč noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Danish
2 entries- tale noun (vocal communication)
- tale noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Dutch
4 entries- rede noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- speech noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- spraak noun (vocal communication)
- toespraak noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Esperanto
1 entries- prelego noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Estonian
2 entries- kõne noun (vocal communication)
- kõne noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Finnish
4 entries- lainaus noun (reported speech)
- puhe noun (vocal communication)
- puhe noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- puhe noun (style of speaking)
French
2 entries- discours noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- parole noun (vocal communication)
Galician
4 entries- discurso noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- fala noun (vocal communication)
- falar noun (vocal communication)
- galra noun (vocal communication)
Georgian
4 entries- მეტყველება noun (vocal communication)
- სიტყვა noun (vocal communication)
- სიტყვა noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- სიტყვით გამოსვლა noun (an oration, session of speaking)
German
3 entries- Ansprache noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- Rede noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- Sprache noun (vocal communication)
Greek
4 entries- αγόρευση noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- λόγος noun (vocal communication)
- λόγος noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- ομιλία noun (vocal communication)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- lapawòl noun (vocal communication)
Hebrew
4 entries- דִּבּוּר noun (vocal communication)
- דיבור noun (vocal communication)
- הַרְצָאָה noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- נְאוּם noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Hindi
4 entries- उक्ति noun (vocal communication)
- तक़रीर noun (vocal communication)
- तक़रीर noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- बात noun (vocal communication)
Hungarian
3 entries- beszéd noun (vocal communication)
- beszéd noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- beszéd noun (style of speaking)
Icelandic
4 entries- framburður noun (vocal communication)
- mál noun (vocal communication)
- málfar noun (vocal communication)
- málhæfileiki noun (vocal communication)
Indonesian
1 entries- pidato noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- تَقْریر noun (vocal communication)
- سُخَن noun (vocal communication)
- سُخَنْرانی noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- صُحْبَت noun (vocal communication)
Irish
4 entries- caint noun (vocal communication)
- labhairt noun (vocal communication)
- urlabhra noun (vocal communication)
- óráid noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Isnag
1 entries- kaxi noun (vocal communication)
Italian
2 entries- discorso noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- parola noun (vocal communication)
Japanese
4 entries- スピーチ noun (vocal communication)
- 演説 noun (vocal communication)
- 演説 noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- 話 noun (vocal communication)
Kaitag
1 entries- гъай noun (vocal communication)
Kazakh
4 entries- сөз noun (vocal communication)
- сөз noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- сөйлеу noun (vocal communication)
- сөйлеу noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Ket
1 entries- ӄаʼ noun (vocal communication)
Khmer
4 entries- កថា noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- សន្ទរកថា noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- សុន្ទរកថា noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- សេចក្តីថ្លែង noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Korean
4 entries- 말 noun (vocal communication)
- 말하기 noun (vocal communication)
- 연설 noun (vocal communication)
- 연설 noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Kyrgyz
4 entries- речь noun (vocal communication)
- речь noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- сүйлөө noun (vocal communication)
- сүйлөө noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Latgalian
1 entries- runa noun (vocal communication)
Latin
4 entries- dictiō noun (vocal communication)
- eloquium noun (vocal communication)
- eloquium noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- fatum noun (vocal communication)
Latvian
2 entries- runa noun (vocal communication)
- runa noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Lithuanian
4 entries- kalba noun (vocal communication)
- kalba noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- prakalba noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- pranešimas noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Luxembourgish
3 entries- Ried noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- Sprooch noun (vocal communication)
- Usprooch noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Macedonian
3 entries- говор noun (vocal communication)
- говор noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- реч noun (vocal communication)
Malay
1 entries- ucapan noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Malayalam
2 entries- പ്രസംഗം noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- സംസാരം noun (vocal communication)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ noun (vocal communication)
Mongolian
4 entries- илтгэл noun (vocal communication)
- илтгэл noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- үг noun (vocal communication)
- үг noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Māori
4 entries- kōrero noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- mita noun (style of speaking)
- onetū noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- whaikupu noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Navajo
1 entries- saad noun (vocal communication)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- hotuba noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Norman
1 entries- discours noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- stemme noun (vocal communication)
- tale noun (vocal communication)
- tale noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Occitan
2 entries- discors noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- paraula noun (vocal communication)
Old English
1 entries- sprǣċ noun (vocal communication)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قال noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Papiamentu
1 entries- abla noun (vocal communication)
Polish
4 entries- mowa noun (vocal communication)
- mowa noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- przemówienie noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- wystąpienie noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Portuguese
2 entries- discurso noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- fala noun (vocal communication)
Romanian
3 entries- cuvântare noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- discurs noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- vorbire noun (vocal communication)
Russian
4 entries- выступле́ние noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- го́вор noun (vocal communication)
- говоре́ние noun (vocal communication)
- дар ре́чи noun (vocal communication)
Sanskrit
1 entries- वाद noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Santali
1 entries- ᱨᱳᱲ noun (vocal communication)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- gȍvōr noun (vocal communication)
- gȍvōr noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- го̏во̄р noun (vocal communication)
- го̏во̄р noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Slovak
2 entries- reč noun (vocal communication)
- reč noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Slovene
2 entries- govor noun (vocal communication)
- govor noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Spanish
4 entries- alocución noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- discurso noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- fabla (disused) noun (vocal communication)
- habla noun (vocal communication)
Swedish
2 entries- tal noun (vocal communication)
- tal noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Tajik
4 entries- гап noun (vocal communication)
- гуфтор noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- нутқ noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- сухан noun (vocal communication)
Telugu
1 entries- ఉపన్యాసం noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Thai
4 entries- การพูด noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- คำพูด noun (vocal communication)
- ถ้อย noun (vocal communication)
- พาท noun (vocal communication)
Tocharian B
1 entries- plāce noun (vocal communication)
Turkish
3 entries- konuşma noun (vocal communication)
- konuşma noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- söz noun (vocal communication)
Ukrainian
4 entries- го́вір noun (vocal communication)
- мо́ва noun (vocal communication)
- мо́влення noun (vocal communication)
- мо́влення noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Urdu
4 entries- بات noun (vocal communication)
- بات چِیت noun (vocal communication)
- بول noun (vocal communication)
- بھاشَن noun (vocal communication)
Uyghur
2 entries- سۆز noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- نۇتۇق noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Uzbek
2 entries- nutq noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- soʻz noun (an oration, session of speaking)
Vietnamese
3 entries- chúc từ noun (an oration, session of speaking)
- lời nói noun (vocal communication)
- ngôn từ noun (vocal communication)
Welsh
1 entries- lleferydd noun (vocal communication)
Yaghnobi
1 entries- гап noun (vocal communication)
Yucatec Maya
1 entries- tʼaan noun (vocal communication)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
There is a fine line between speech that is terse and to the point and speech that is too abrupt.
Source: tatoeba (1945)
Speech is silver, but silence is golden.
Source: tatoeba (2328)
You should come early in order for him to read your manuscript before your speech.
Source: tatoeba (17152)
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