Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.
Source: tatoeba (1857)
Spoken
//ˈspəʊ.k(ə)n//
Synonyms for "spoken" (41 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (20)
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Antonyms
2 entriesderived
16 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
15 entriesTranslations
24 translations across 15 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- شَفَهِيّ adj (concerning speech)
- مَحْكِيّ adj (concerning speech)
- مَنْطُوق adj (concerning speech)
Bulgarian
2 entries- говорим adj (concerning speech)
- устен adj (concerning speech)
Dutch
1 entries- gesproken adj (concerning speech)
Esperanto
1 entries- dirita adj (produced by articulate sounds)
Finnish
2 entries- puhe adj (concerning speech)
- puhuttu adj (concerning speech)
French
1 entries- parlé adj (concerning speech)
German
1 entries- gesprochen adj (concerning speech)
Greek
1 entries- προφορικός adj (concerning speech)
Hungarian
1 entries- beszélt adj (concerning speech)
Latin
1 entries- dictus adj (concerning speech)
Polish
2 entries- mówiony adj (concerning speech)
- ustny adj (concerning speech)
Russian
3 entries- разгово́рный adj (concerning speech)
- речево́й adj (concerning speech)
- у́стный adj (concerning speech)
Sanskrit
2 entries- उक्त adj (concerning speech)
- वाचिक adj (concerning speech)
Spanish
2 entries- hablado adj (concerning speech)
- oral adj (concerning speech)
Telugu
1 entries- భాషితము adj (concerning speech)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
If I gave no answer, I would not have spoken.
Source: tatoeba (1955)
A strange fellow, he never speaks unless spoken to.
Source: tatoeba (20630)
Being spoken to by a foreigner, I did not know what to do.
Source: tatoeba (21887)
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