speaking

adj.

1. 1. Capable of speech.
   2. Involving speaking or talking: has a speaking part in the play.
2. Expressive or telling; eloquent.
3. True to life; lifelike: a speaking likeness.

idiom:

on speaking terms

1. Friendly enough to exchange superficial remarks: We're on speaking terms with the new neighbors.
2. Ready and willing to communicate; not alienated or estranged: on speaking terms again after their quarrel.

IN BRIEF: n. - The utterance of intelligible speech; Delivering an address to a public audience.

Painting was called silent poetry and poetry speaking painting. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the utterance of intelligible speech
  Synonym: speech production

Meaning #2: delivering an address to a public audience
  Synonyms: public speaking, speechmaking, oral presentation

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The adjective speaking has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: capable of or involving speech or speaking
  Antonym: nonspeaking (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: capable of speech
  Synonym: speech-endowed

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tale, talen, politisk møde
adj. - talende, sigende, udtryksfuld

idioms:

• on speaking terms    på talefod
• speaking acquaintance    bekendt
• speaking clock    klokken

Nederlands (Dutch)
sprekend

Français (French)
n. - élocution, prononciation
adj. - parlant (anglais, etc) (dans les composés)

idioms:

• on speaking terms    parler à, adresser la parole à
• speaking as    parlant en tant que
• speaking clock    horloge parlante
• speaking likeness    ressemblance frappante
• speaking of    parlant de

Deutsch (German)
n. - Sprechen, Rede
adj. - sprechend, gesprochen

idioms:

• on speaking terms    mit jmdm. reden
• speaking as    sprechen als
• speaking clock    telefonische Zeitansage
• speaking likeness    sehr Ähnlich
• speaking of    ein neues Thema einführen, das mit den schon behandelten Themen zu tun hat

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συζήτηση, ομιλία, κουβέντα, αγόρευση, εκφώνηση λόγου
adj. - ομιλών, παραστατικός, χαρακτηριστικός, εύγλωττος

idioms:

• on speaking terms    που μιλιούνται
• speaking acquaintance    απλός γνώριμος
• speaking clock    (Βρετ.) τηλεφωνική αναγγελία ώρας

Italiano (Italian)
eloquenza, parlante

idioms:

• on speaking terms    rivolgersi la parola
• speaking acquaintance    conoscenza di vista
• speaking clock    servizio telefonico orario

Português (Portuguese)
n. - falante, ato de falar
adj. - eloqüente, expressivo

idioms:

• on speaking terms    falam-se
• speaking acquaintance    conhecimento superficial
• speaking clock    serviço telefônico de hora certa

Русский (Russian)
говорящий, обладающий даром речи, выразительный, красноречивый, живой, разговаривающий, говорящий на (таком-то) языке

idioms:

• on speaking terms    в дружеских отношениях
• speaking acquaintance    шапочное знакомство
• speaking clock    говорящие часы

Español (Spanish)
n. - habla, oratoria, discurso
adj. - parlante, hablante, elocuente

idioms:

• on speaking terms    hablarse
• speaking as    hablando como
• speaking clock    servicio telefónico de información horaria
• speaking likeness    tan real que parece capaz de hablar (por ej. una pintura)
• speaking of    hablando de

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tal, talande
adj. - talande, tal-, uttrycksfull

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
说, 演说, 谈话, 说话的, 谈话的, 说的, 演讲的, 富于表情的

idioms:

• on speaking terms    与某人说话, 关系好, 友好
• speaking acquaintance    见了面谈几句的朋友
• speaking clock    电话报时服务

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 說, 演說, 談話
adj. - 說話的, 談話的, 說的, 演講的, 富於表情的

idioms:

• on speaking terms    與某人說話, 關係好, 友好
• speaking acquaintance    見了面談幾句的朋友
• speaking clock    電話報時服務

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 말하기, 웅변, 구전 문학
adj. - 이야기하는, (국민이) ~ 어를 쓰는, ~을 말해주는

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 話すこと, 談話
adj. - 話す, 話しができる, ものを言うような, 表情たっぷりの

idioms:

• on speaking terms    口をきく間柄
• speaking acquaintance    挨拶だけの付き合い
• speaking clock    電話時刻案内
• strictly speaking    厳密に言えば

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أمين, شبيه بالأصل شبها شديدا, ألحديث (صفه) ناطق, فصيح, بليغ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮דיבור‬
adj. - ‮מדבר, דיבורי, קולי‬

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