-speak
See also: speak
English
editEtymology
editProbably originally from Newspeak, coined by George Orwell in his book Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Pronunciation
edit- enPR: spēk′
- (Received Pronunciation, General Australian, New Zealand, India) IPA(key): /-ˌspiːk/
- (General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA(key): /-ˌspik/
- Rhymes: -iːk
- Homophone: speak
- Hyphenation: -speak
Suffix
edit-speak (noun-forming suffix, uncountable)
- Indicates a manner of speech or writing typical of or characterized by the root term.
- Synonym: -ese
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “speak”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.