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speaker

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English speker, spekere, an alteration (with change of suffix) of Old English speca, spreca (“speaker”), from Proto-Germanic *sprekô (“speaker”), equivalent to speak +‎ -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Spreeker (“speaker”), West Frisian sprekker (“speaker”), Dutch spreker (“speaker”), German Low German Spreker (“speaker”), German Sprecher (“speaker”).

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Noun

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speaker (plural speakers)

  1. One who speaks.
    • 1989, R. Norman Whybray, Ecclesiastes, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 15:
      This title is derived from the first verse of the book (1.1), which is a heading or colophon informing the reader who this Qoheleth was: he was the author of the book, or at least the speaker of the words which are contained in it ...
    • 2011 October 28, Adam Thirlwell, “The Joyful Side of Translation”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN:
      As [David] Bellos points out, those born as English speakers are now a minority of English speakers: most speak it as a second language. English is the world’s biggest interlanguage.
    There were three different speakers, but I couldn't make out their accents.
  3. Loudspeaker.
    She lost her hearing after standing too close to the speaker at the festival.
  4. Speakerphone.
  6. (politics) The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.
  7. One who makes a speech to an audience.
    The company hired a motivational speaker to boost morale.
  8. (US) A book containing passages of text for use in speeches.
  10. (especially in linguistics) The producer of a given utterance, whether speech or text.
    • 2002, Merlin Donald, A Mind So Rare: The Evolution of Human Consciousness, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 242:
      The speaker spelled out the words to be communicated, letter by letter, while the reader's hand read the speaker's message. In its original form the hand alphabet assumed that both speaker and reader could already speak and spell the words ...
    2. (poetry) The literary character uttering the lyrics of a poem or song, as opposed to the author writing the words of that character.
      Popular culture often incorrectly attributes quotes from the speakers of poems or songs to the authors thereof, as when "I took the one less traveled by" is attributed to Robert Frost rather than to the speaker in Frost's "The Road Not Taken".
  11. (music) A key on a woodwind instrument of the clarinet family (cf octave key on other instruments) which induces the instrument to overblow.
  12. (archaic) A wooden pole or spike used by hedgers to carry loads on their shoulders. Possibly Dorset dialect; alternatively spyeker

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Brunei Malay

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English speaker.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /spikə/
  • Hyphenation: spea‧ker

Noun

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speaker

  1. (colloquial) loudspeaker

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English speaker.

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speaker m (plural speakers, feminine speakerine)

  1. announcer
  2. speaker (in parliament)

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English speaker.

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speaker m (invariable)

  1. announcer, commentator (radio, TV)
  2. speaker (parliamentary)

References

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  1. ^ speaker in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ speaker in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English speaker.

Noun

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speaker m (definite singular speakeren, indefinite plural speakere, definite plural speakerne)

  1. announcer (at sports events etc.)
  2. speaker (in parliament, chiefly concering UK or US)

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English speaker.

Noun

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speaker m (plural speakeri)

  1. speaker

Declension

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Declension of speaker
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) speaker speakerul (niște) speakeri speakerii
genitive/dative (unui) speaker speakerului (unor) speakeri speakerilor
vocative speakerule speakerilor

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈspikeɾ/ [ˈspi.keɾ], /esˈpikeɾ/ [esˈpi.keɾ]
  • Rhymes: -ikeɾ

Noun

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speaker m or f by sense (plural #s or #)

  1. speaker (in parliament)

Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English speaker.

Noun

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speaker c

  1. an announcer (at a (sporting) event)
  2. a narrator (person who delivers a voice over, in a documentary or the like – compare berättarröst)

Declension

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Declension of speaker
nominative genitive
singular indefinite speaker speakers
definite speakern speakerns
plural indefinite speakrar speakrars
definite speakrarna speakrarnas

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