declamation

(dĕk'lə-mā'shən)
n.

1. A recitation delivered as an exercise in rhetoric or elocution.
2. 1. Vehement oratory.
   2. A speech marked by strong feeling; a tirade.

[Middle English declamacioun, from Latin dēclāmātiō, dēclāmātiōn-, from dēclāmātus, past participle of dēclāmāre, to declaim. See declaim.]

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noun

1. A usually formal oral communication to an audience: address, allocution, lecture, oration, prelection, speech, talk. See words.
2. The art of public speaking: elocution, oratory, rhetoric. See words.

The relation between verbal stress and melodic accent in the setting and delivery of a text. It covers such matters as the relationship between speech rhythms and musical ones and was central to French ideas on singing.

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For a list of words related to declamation, see:

• Rhetoric and Figures of Speech - declamation: recitation as exercise in oratory or elocution

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - deklamering, deklamation, dundertale

Nederlands (Dutch)
declamatie, tirade, voordrachts(kunst)

Français (French)
n. - déclamation

Deutsch (German)
n. - Deklamation, Tirade

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απαγγελία, δημηγορία, ρητορεία, στόμφος

Italiano (Italian)
declamazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - declamação (f)

Русский (Russian)
декламация, тирада

Español (Spanish)
n. - declamación, ejercer la declamación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - talarkonst, predikan, harang

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
大演说, 雄辩法, 雄辩

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 大演說, 雄辯法, 雄辯

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 연설, 낭독

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 大演説, 糾弾, 朗読

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كلام خطابي, خطبه, القى قصيدة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נאום, דקלום‬

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