See also: spöken and spøken

EnglishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Morphologically spoke +‎ -n.

PronunciationEdit

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈspoʊkən/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊkən

AdjectiveEdit

spoken (comparative more spoken, superlative most spoken)

  1. Relating to speech
  2. Speaking in a specified way
    soft-spoken
    well-spoken
  3. (of a language) Produced by articulate sounds.
    • 2001, Edward Zaccaro, chapter 1, in Real World Algebra:
      Algebra is not a spoken language like French or Spanish, it is a math language.

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VerbEdit

spoken

  1. past participle of speak

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Dutch spoken. Equivalent to spook +‎ -en.

VerbEdit

spoken

  1. (intransitive) to haunt
InflectionEdit
Inflection of spoken (weak)
infinitive spoken
past singular spookte
past participle gespookt
infinitive spoken
gerund spoken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular spook spookte
2nd person sing. (jij) spookt spookte
2nd person sing. (u) spookt spookte
2nd person sing. (gij) spookt spookte
3rd person singular spookt spookte
plural spoken spookten
subjunctive sing.1 spoke spookte
subjunctive plur.1 spoken spookten
imperative sing. spook
imperative plur.1 spookt
participles spokend gespookt
1) Archaic.
DescendantsEdit
  • Papiamentu: spok

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

NounEdit

spoken

  1. Plural form of spook

Middle EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old English spācan; equivalent to spoke +‎ -en (plural suffix).

NounEdit

spoken

  1. plural of spoke

ScotsEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

spoken

  1. past participle of speak