Wiktionary

harangue

See also: harangué

English edit

WOTD – 10 October 2006

Etymology edit

From Middle English arang and French harangue, from Old Italian aringa (modern Italian arringa) from aringare (“speak in public”) (modern Italian arringare), from aringo (“public assembly”), from Gothic *𐌷𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃 (*hriggs) or a compound containing it,[1] akin to Old High German hring (“ring”) (whence German Ring).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /həˈɹæŋ/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US)
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  • (Canada) IPA(key): /həˈɹeɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -æŋ
  • Hyphenation: ha‧rangue

Noun edit

harangue (plural harangues)

  1. An impassioned, disputatious public speech.
  2. A tirade, harsh scolding or rant, whether spoken or written.
    Synonyms: admonition, condemnation, criticism, diatribe, polemic, rant, screed, tirade; see also Thesaurus:diatribe
    She gave her son a harangue about the dangers of playing in the street.
    The priest took thirty minutes to deliver his harangue on timeliness, making the entire service run late.

Translations edit

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Verb edit

harangue (third-person singular simple present harangues, present participle haranguing, simple past and past participle harangued)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To give a forceful and lengthy lecture or criticism to someone.
    Synonyms: admonish, berate, lecture
    The angry motorist leapt from his car to harangue the other driver.
    • 1711, Jonathan Swift, An Excellent New Song:
      He has vamp'd an old speech, and the court to their sorrow, / Shall hear him harangue against Prior to morrow.
    • 1814 July, [Jane Austen], chapter XV, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 293:
      This picture of her consequence had some effect, for no one loved better to lead than Maria;—and with far more good humour she answered, "I am much obliged to you, Edmund;—you mean very well, I am sure—but I still think you see things too strongly; and I really cannot undertake to harangue all the rest upon a subject of this kind.—There would be the greatest indecorum I think."
    • 1993 July 7, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic):
      It's a tradition that when you harangue the multitudes, you stand on a soapbox.

Related terms edit

Translations edit

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References edit

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “harangue”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

French edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Middle French harangue (“a public address, public discourse”), from Old Italian aringo (“arena, public square, platform”), from Frankish *hring (“circle, ring”) or Gothic *𐌷𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃 (*hriggs, “ring, circle”) or a compound containing it, both from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“circle, ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ- (“to turn, bend”), from *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Old High German hring (“circle, ring”), Old English hring (“circle, ring”). Alternative etymology suggests the possibility that the Italian word may be derived from a Frankish compound *hari-hring (“circular gathering”, literally “host-ring or army-ring”). More at here, ring.

Noun edit

harangue f (plural harangues)

  1. harangue

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

harangue

  1. inflection of haranguer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading edit

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