speche

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === spæche (Ormulum), spache (Early Middle English); speache, spech, speeche, spetch (Late Middle English) speke (influenced by speken) === Etymology === From Old English spǣċ, a form of sprǣċ, from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku. Some forms are influenced by the verb speken. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈspɛ̝ːt͡ʃ(ə)/, /ˈspeːt͡ʃ(ə)/, (East Saxon) /ˈspaːt͡ʃ(ə)/ IPA(key): /ˈspɛ̝ːk(ə)/, /ˈspeːk(ə)/ (influenced by speken) === Noun === speche (plural speches or (mostly early) spechen) speaking, speech dialogue, discussion, conversation remark, claim writing, text meeting, conference language, tongue Synonyms: langage, tonge, thede, leden ==== Descendants ==== English: speech (obsolete speach)→ Dutch: speech→ French: speech→ Romanian: speech Middle Scots: speche, speiche Scots: speech ==== References ==== “spēch(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 March 2018.