spoken
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
spoken (comparative more spoken, superlative most spoken)
- Relating to speech
- Speaking in a specified way
- soft-spoken
- well-spoken
- (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.
SynonymsEdit
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TranslationsEdit
concerning speech
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VerbEdit
spoken
- past participle of speak
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch spoken. Equivalent to spook + -en.
VerbEdit
spoken
- (intransitive) to haunt
InflectionEdit
Inflection of spoken (weak) | ||||
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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
- Plural form of spook
Middle EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old English spācan; equivalent to spoke + -en (plural suffix).
NounEdit
spoken
ScotsEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
spoken
- past participle of speak