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Definition for: talk

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English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
answer early saying #449: talk spirit sometimes account

Pronunciation

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  • IPA:
    • Rhymes: -ɔːk

Noun

Singular
talk

Plural
talks

talk ( plural talks )

  1. A conversation.
  2. What is being said about a subject of interest.
    She is the talk of the day.
  3. A lecture.

Translations

  • Bulgarian: разговор (razgovor) m . (1), беседа (beseda) f . (3)
  • Catalan: conversa f . , conversació f . , conferència f . (3)
  • Danish: tale
  • Dutch: gesprek n .
  • Finnish: keskustelu (1), puheenaihe (2), esitelmä (3)
  • French: conversation f .
  • German: Gespräch n . (1,2)
  • Greek: συνομιλία (sinomilía) f . , διάλογος (diálogos) m . (1); ομιλία (omilía) f . (4)
  • Indonesian: pembicaraan (1,2,3), perbincangan (1), percakapan (2), kuliah (3)
  • Italian: conversazione f . discorso m .
  • Interlingua: conversation (1), discurso (3)
  • Irish: caint
  • Japanese: 話し (はなし, hanashi) (1,2,3), 会話 (かいわ, kaiwa) (1), 講義 (こうぎ, kōgi) (3)
  • Maori: korero
  • Portuguese: conversa f . , conversação f . (1); assunto m . (2); discurso m . (3)
  • Russian: разговор (razgovór) m . (1), беседа (beséda) f . (1,3)
  • Spanish: conversación f . , conferencia f . (3)
  • Swedish: konversation c . (1), prat (1,2), föreläsning (3)
  • Telugu: కబుర్లు (kaburlu) (1), చర్చనీయాంశం (charchaneeyaaMSaM) (2), ప్రసంగం (prasaMgaM) (3)
  • Turkish: konuşmak

Verb

to talk ( third-person singular simple present talks , present participle talking , simple past talked , past participle talked )

Infinitive
to talk

Third person singular
talks

Simple past
talked

Past participle
talked

Present participle
talking

  1. To communicate to someone else by means of voice.

Derived terms

Translations

  • Arabic: تكلم (takállama)
  • Armenian: խոսել (khosel)
  • Bulgarian: говоря (govorja)
  • Catalan: parlar, conversar
  • Chinese: 說話, 说话 (shuōhuà)
  • Dutch: praten, spreken
  • Esperanto: paroli
  • Finnish: puhua
  • French: parler
  • German: reden, sprechen
  • Greek: μιλώ (miló), συνομιλώ (sinomiló)
  • Hungarian: beszélgetni
  • Ido: parolar
  • Indonesian: bicara, ngomong, bincang
  • Interlingua: parlar, conversar
  • Italian: parlare
  • Japanese: 話す (はなす, hanasu)
  • Korean: 말하다 (malhada)
  • Latin: fabulārī
  • Polish: mówić
  • Portuguese: falar, conversar
  • Russian: говорить (govorít’)
  • Spanish: hablar, conversar
  • Swedish: prata, tala, snacka ( colloquial )
  • Telugu: మాట్లాడు (maaTlaaDu)


Dutch

Noun

talk

  1. talc (a soft, fine-grained mineral used in talcum powder)


Swedish

Noun

talk

  1. talc (a soft, fine-grained mineral used in talcum powder)

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