talk

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tôk IPA(key): /tɔːk/ (Standard Southern British, MLE) IPA(key): [tʰoːk] (Scotland) IPA(key): /tɔk/ (Northumbria) IPA(key): /tɑːk/ (US, Canada) (General American, without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /tɔk/ (General American, cot–caught merger, dialects of Canada) enPR: tŏk IPA(key): /tɑk/, [tʰɑk], [tʰäk] (African-American Vernacular) IPA(key): /tɔʊ̯k/ (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA(key): /tɒk/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /toːk/ Homophones: torc, torq, torque (all non-rhotic); tock (cot–caught merger) Rhymes: -ɔːk === Etymology 1 === From Middle English talken, talkien, from Old English *tealcian (“to talk, chat”), from Proto-West Germanic *talkōn, from Proto-Germanic *talkōną (“to talk, chatter”), frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *talōną (“to count, recount, tell”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol-, *del- (“to aim, calculate, adjust, count”), equivalent to tell + -k. Cognate with Scots talk (“to talk”), Low German taalken (“to talk”). Related also to Danish tale (“to talk, speak”), Swedish tala (“to talk, speak, say, chatter”), Icelandic tala (“to talk”), Norwegian tale (“speech”), Old English talian (“to count, calculate, reckon, account, consider, think, esteem, value; argue; tell, relate; impute, assign”). More at tale. Despite the surface similarity, unrelated to Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ- (“to talk”) (due to Grimm's law), which is the source of loquacious. ==== Alternative forms ==== taulke (obsolete) ==== Verb ==== talk (third-person singular simple present talks, present participle talking, simple past and past participle talked) (intransitive) To communicate, usually by means of speech. 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain) Let’s go to my office and talk. ― I like to talk with you, Ms. Weaver. (transitive, informal) To discuss; to talk about. (transitive) To speak (a certain language). (transitive, informal, chiefly used in progressive tenses) Used to emphasise the importance, size, complexity etc. of the thing mentioned. (intransitive, slang) To confess, especially implicating others. (intransitive) To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself. (intransitive) To gossip; to create scandal. (transitive) To manifest outwardly in speech, as opposed to reality or action. (informal, chiefly used in progressive tenses) To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Synonyms ===== See Thesaurus:talk ===== Coordinate terms ===== listen ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English talk, talke (“conversation; discourse”), from the verb (see above). ==== Noun ==== talk (countable and uncountable, plural talks) A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal. A lecture. (uncountable) Gossip; rumour. (preceded by the; often qualified by a following of) A major topic of social discussion. (preceded by the) A customary conversation by parent(s) or guardian(s) with their (often teenage) child about a reality of life; in particular: A customary conversation in which parent(s) explain sexual intercourse to their child. (US) A customary conversation in which the parent(s) of a black child explain the racism and violence they may face, especially when interacting with police, and strategies to manage it. (uncountable, not preceded by an article) Empty boasting, promises or claims. (usually in the plural) Meeting to discuss a particular matter. Synonyms: conference, debate, discussion, meeting ===== Synonyms ===== See also Thesaurus:talk ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Related terms === English terms starting with “talk” == Chinese == === Etymology === From English talk. === Pronunciation === === Noun === talk (Hong Kong Cantonese) talk; lecture; seminar 聽talk／听talk [Cantonese] ― teng1 tok1 [Jyutping] ― to attend a talk === Verb === talk (Hong Kong Cantonese) to talk (especially a lot) talk得 [Cantonese] ― tok1 dak1 [Jyutping] ― talkative === References === English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese == Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French talc or German Talk. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /talk/, [tˢalˀɡ̊] === Noun === talk c (singular definite talken, not used in plural form) talc (a soft, fine-grained mineral used in talcum powder) ==== Related terms ==== talkum == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== talk m (uncountable, no diminutive) talc (soft, fine-grained mineral used in talcum powder) ===== Descendants ===== → Indonesian: talk === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch talch, from Old Dutch *talg, from Proto-West Germanic *talg, from Proto-Germanic *talgaz. More at English tallow. ==== Noun ==== talk c (uncountable, no diminutive) alternative form of talg (“tallow”) ===== Descendants ===== Negerhollands: talk === Anagrams === kalt == Hawaiian Creole == === Etymology === From English talk. === Verb === talk to talk, speak == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Dutch talk, from Middle French talc, from Arabic طَلْق (ṭalq), from Persian تلک (talk). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (standard) [ˈtalk], [ˈtalə̆k] Hyphenation: talk === Noun === talk (plural talk-talk) talc ==== Alternative forms ==== talêk === Further reading === “talk”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Livonian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *talko-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɑˀlk/, [ˈt̪ɑˀlk] === Noun === ta’lk collective gathering for work, dugnad, bee ==== Declension ==== === References === Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “ta’lk”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin talcum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtalk/ Rhymes: -alk Syllabification: talk === Noun === talk m inan (mineralogy) talc (soft mineral) talc, talcum powder ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === talk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN talk in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Swedish == === Etymology === From German Talk === Noun === talk c talc (a soft, fine-grained mineral used in talcum powder) ==== Declension ====