How do you pronounce eloquent?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛl.əˌkwənt/.

eloquent

/ˈɛl.əˌkwənt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.21 in modern English

Syllables: elo-quent
IPA: /ˈɛl.əˌkwənt/

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Meaning

adj

Fluently persuasive and articulate.

adj

Effective in expressing meaning by speech.

adj

Relating to areas in the brain that serve an identifiable neurological function, in which injury leads to focal deficits or disability.

Example Sentences

"an eloquent writer"
"He certainly waxed eloquent on his article."
"an eloquent article"
"Lydiard was diagnosed shortly after new year following speech disturbance and subtle memory issues. He has a high-grade glioma, an aggressive malignant primary brain tumour in the left side. It is in the “eloquent brain”, very close to the part that controls speech, and would have been considered untreatable in the past."

Etymology

From Old French eloquent, from Latin eloquens (“speaking, having the faculty of speech, eloquent”), present participle of eloquor (“to speak out”), from e (“out”) + loquor (“to speak”).

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: eloquent, eloquens

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈɛl.əˌkwənt/

Inflected Forms

more eloquent (comparative) most eloquent (superlative)

Derived Forms

eloquate eloquently eloquentness ineloquent sialoquent splendiloquent supereloquent uneloquent

Frequently Paired Words

colloquial colloquium colloquy elocution eloquence grandiloquent illocution interlocution

Synonyms

articulate well-spoken facile fluent silver silver-tongued smooth-spoken