spoken
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
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.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
concerning speech
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produced by articulate sounds
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Verb
spoken
- past participle of speak
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch spoken. Equivalent to spook + -en.
Verb
spoken
- (intransitive) to haunt
- (intransitive, impersonal, of the weather) to be stormy and wild
- Synonym: stormen
- Het spookte flink vannacht. ― The weather was very stormy tonight.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of spoken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, spook2 | 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. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
- rondspoken
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: spok
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
spoken
Middle English
Noun
spoken
Scots
Pronunciation
Verb
spoken
- past participle of speak
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