speaker

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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)

1. One who speaks.

3. Loudspeaker.

4. Speakerphone.
6. (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.
7. One who makes a speech to an audience.

8. (US) A book containing passages of text for use in speeches.
10. (especially in linguistics) The producer of a given utterance, whether speech or text.
    2. (poetry) The literary character uttering the lyrics of a poem or song, as opposed to the author writing the words of that character.

11. (music) A key on a woodwind instrument of the clarinet family (cf octave key on other instruments) which induces the instrument to overblow.
12. (archaic) A wooden pole or spike used by hedgers to carry loads on their shoulders. Possibly Dorset dialect; alternatively spyeker

Synonyms

• talker

Derived terms

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

1. (colloquial) loudspeaker

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English speaker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spi.kœʁ/

Noun

speaker m (plural speakers, feminine speakerine)

1. announcer
2. 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspi.ker/
• Rhymes: -iker

Noun

speaker m (invariable)

1. announcer, commentator (radio, TV)
2. speaker (parliamentary)

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English speaker.

Noun

speaker m (definite singular speakeren, indefinite plural speakere, definite plural speakerne)

1. announcer (at sports events etc.)
2. speaker (in parliament, chiefly concering 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)

1. 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)

1. speaker (in parliament)

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English speaker.

Noun

speaker c

1. an announcer (at a (sporting) event)
2. 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 (SO)
• speaker in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• speaker in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)