eloquence

See also: éloquence

English

Etymology

From Middle English eloquence, from Old French eloquence, from Latin ēloquentia. Doublet of eloquency, directly from Latin.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.ə.kwəns/
• Hyphenation: el‧o‧quence

Noun

eloquence (countable and uncountable, plural eloquences)

1. The quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing.

   Synonyms: eloquency, eloquentness

   speak with eloquence

   express oneself with eloquence

   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), W[illiam] Shakespeare, The Excellent History of the Merchant of Venice. […] (First Quarto), [London]: […] J[ames] Roberts [for Thomas Heyes], published 1600, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], signature F2, recto:

     Thy paleneſſe [var. plainness] moues me more then eloquence,
     And heere chooſe I, ioy be the conſequence!

2. (countable) An eloquent utterance.

   Synonym: eloquency

Derived terms

• eloquently
• ineloquence

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)

Further reading

• eloquence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• eloquence on Wikiquote.Wikiquote

Middle French

Noun

eloquence f (uncountable)

1. eloquence (quality of being eloquent)