speaker

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English speker, spekere, an alteration (with change of suffix) of Old English speca, spreca (“speaker”), from Proto-Germanic *sprekô (“speaker”), equivalent to speak +‎ -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Spreeker (“speaker”), West Frisian sprekker (“speaker”), Dutch spreker (“speaker”), German Low German Spreker (“speaker”), German Sprecher (“speaker”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈspikɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈspiːkə/ Rhymes: -iːkə(ɹ) === Noun === speaker (plural speakers) One who speaks. Loudspeaker. Speakerphone. (politics) The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives. One who makes a speech to an audience. Synonym: speechmaker Near-synonyms: orator, presenter, announcer (US) A book containing passages of text for use in speeches. (especially in linguistics) The producer of a given utterance, whether speech or text. (poetry) The literary character uttering the lyrics of a poem or song, as opposed to the author writing the words of that character. (music) A key on a woodwind instrument of the clarinet family (compare octave key on other instruments) which induces the instrument to overblow. (archaic) A wooden pole or spike used by hedgers to carry loads on their shoulders. Possibly Dorset dialect. Alternative form: spyeker ==== Synonyms ==== (several senses): talker ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== Link to web page on Speaker of the House of Commons (3) === Anagrams === Preseka, parkees, peakers, re-speak, respake, respeak == Brunei Malay == === Etymology === Borrowed from English speaker. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /spikə/ Hyphenation: spea‧ker === Noun === speaker (colloquial) loudspeaker == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English speaker. The sense "announcer" is a pseudo-anglicism. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /spi.kœʁ/ === Noun === speaker m (plural speakers, feminine speakerine) announcer speaker (in parliament) === Further reading === “speaker”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English speaker. The sense "announcer" is a pseudo-anglicism. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈspi.ker/ Rhymes: -iker === Noun === speaker m (invariable) announcer, commentator (radio, TV) speaker (parliamentary) === References === == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Borrowed from English speaker. The sense "announcer" is a pseudo-anglicism. === Noun === speaker m (definite singular speakeren, indefinite plural speakere, definite plural speakerne) announcer (at sports events etc.) speaker (in parliament, chiefly concerning UK or US) === Further reading === “speaker” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). “speaker” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English speaker. === Noun === speaker m (plural speakeri) speaker ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈspikeɾ/ [ˈspi.keɾ], /esˈpikeɾ/ [esˈpi.keɾ] Rhymes: -ikeɾ === Noun === speaker m or f by sense (plural speakers or speaker) speaker (in parliament) == Swedish == === Etymology === Pseudo-anglicism, derived from speaker. === Noun === speaker c an announcer (at a (sporting) event) a narrator (person who delivers a voice over, in a documentary or the like – compare berättarröst) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== speakerröst speakertext ==== See also ==== berättarröst konferencier kommentator === References === “speaker”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “speaker”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “speaker”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)