talk

Etymology 1
From, , from , from , from , frequentative form of , from , , equivalent to  +. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Related also to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. More at. Despite the surface similarity, unrelated to (due to Grimm's law), which is the source of.

Verb

 * 1)  To communicate, usually by means of speech.
 * 2) * 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
 * Let’s go to my office and talk. ―  I like to talk with you, Ms. Weaver.
 * 1)  To discuss; to talk about.
 * 2)  To speak (a certain language).
 * 3)  To confess, especially implicating others.
 * 4)  To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself.
 * 5)  To gossip; to create scandal.
 * 6)  To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner.
 * 1)  To discuss; to talk about.
 * 2)  To speak (a certain language).
 * 3)  To confess, especially implicating others.
 * 4)  To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself.
 * 5)  To gossip; to create scandal.
 * 6)  To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner.
 * 1)  To confess, especially implicating others.
 * 2)  To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself.
 * 3)  To gossip; to create scandal.
 * 4)  To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner.
 * 1)  To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself.
 * 2)  To gossip; to create scandal.
 * 3)  To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner.
 * 1)  To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself.
 * 2)  To gossip; to create scandal.
 * 3)  To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner.
 * 1)  To gossip; to create scandal.
 * 2)  To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner.
 * 1)  To gossip; to create scandal.
 * 2)  To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner.
 * 1)  To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner.
 * 1)  To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner.

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:talk

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:, تَحَدَّثَ
 * Algerian Arabic: حكى, هدر
 * Hijazi Arabic: اتْكَلَّم, هَرَج
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: কথা পতা, কথা কোৱা, কথা বতৰা
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: размаўля́ць,
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan:, , ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Cornish:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:, snakke, fortælle
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Friulian: fevelâ
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ლაპარაკი
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Higaonon: ikagi
 * Hindi: बात करना,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:, , ávarpa
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:, ,
 * Ingrian: läätä
 * Interlingua:, conversar
 * Irish: bí ag caint
 * Isan:
 * Istriot: favalà
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh:, сойлесу
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean:, ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: قسە ئەکات, ئەدوێنێت
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Laboya: kajalla, haʼnewe, panewe
 * Lao: ພູດ,, ສົນທະນາ,
 * Latin: fabulor,, sermocinor
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Lü: ᦀᦴᧉ, ᦔᦱᧅ
 * Luganda: okwogela
 * Macedonian:, говори
 * Malayalam:, ,
 * Manchu: ᡤᡳᠰᡠᡵᡝᠮᠪᡳ
 * Maori: kōrero, kōwetewete, motatau
 * Marathi:
 * Middle English: talken, talkien
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Ngazidja Comorian: rongoza
 * Nheengatú: purungitá
 * Northern Thai: ᩋᩪ᩶
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Ojibwe: giigido
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: говорити
 * Glagolitic: ⰳⱁⰲⱁⱃⰻⱅⰹ
 * Old East Slavic: говорити
 * Old English: sprecan
 * Pashto:
 * Persian: سخن گفتن, ,
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua:, rimachiy, yawnay
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: гово̀рити
 * Roman:
 * Shan:
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: powědaś, powěźeś
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, , , ,
 * Sylheti: ꠉꠙ ꠇꠞꠣ, ꠝꠣꠔ ꠇꠕꠣ
 * Tagalog: magsalita, mag-usap
 * Tajik:, ҳарф задан, сухбат кардан
 * Tamil:
 * Tatar:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:, , ,
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: gürlemek, sözlemek
 * Tày: cảng, phuối, cảng cỏ
 * Ukrainian:, ,
 * Urdu: بات کرنا, بولنا
 * Uyghur: سۆزلىمەك, ئېيتماق
 * Uzbek:, ,
 * Vietnamese:, , nói được,
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian:
 * Yámana: yāpīmur-köna
 * Yiddish:
 * Zhuang: gangj


 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 溝通
 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek:
 * Japanese: 意思疎通する
 * Korean:
 * Latin:

Etymology 2
From, , from the verb (see above).

Noun

 * 1) A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal.
 * 2) A lecture.
 * 3)  Gossip; rumour.
 * 4)  A major topic of social discussion.
 * 5)  A customary conversation by parent(s) or guardian(s) with their (often teenaged) child about a reality of life; in particular:
 * 6) A customary conversation in which parent(s) explain sexual intercourse to their child.
 * 7)  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.
 * 8)  Empty boasting, promises or claims.
 * 9)  Meeting to discuss a particular matter.
 * 1)  A customary conversation by parent(s) or guardian(s) with their (often teenaged) child about a reality of life; in particular:
 * 2) A customary conversation in which parent(s) explain sexual intercourse to their child.
 * 3)  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.
 * 4)  Empty boasting, promises or claims.
 * 5)  Meeting to discuss a particular matter.
 * 1)  Empty boasting, promises or claims.
 * 2)  Meeting to discuss a particular matter.
 * 1)  Empty boasting, promises or claims.
 * 2)  Meeting to discuss a particular matter.
 * 1)  Meeting to discuss a particular matter.
 * 1)  Meeting to discuss a particular matter.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:talk

Translations

 * Arabic: مُحَادَثَة
 * Hijazi Arabic: كلام, هَرْج, مُحادثة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Belarusian: размо́ва, гу́тарка
 * Bislama: tok
 * Buginese: bicara
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Choctaw: anumpa
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:, drøftelse
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: საუბარი, ლაპარაკი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Indonesian: (1,2,3),  (1)
 * Interlingua: (1)
 * Irish: caint, aighneas
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh:
 * Korean:, ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: دواندن,
 * Latin:
 * Lithuanian: pokalbis
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: Gespreek,
 * Macedonian:
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, (1)
 * Romagnol: abucamént
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scots: collogue
 * Scottish Gaelic: seanchas, còmhradh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ра̏згово̄р, го̏во̄р, конверза́ција
 * Roman:, ,
 * Slovak: rozhovor, konverzácia
 * Slovene:
 * Somali:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tajik:, сӯхбат, муколама
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:
 * Tocharian B: plāce
 * Ukrainian: розмо́ва,
 * Urdu:
 * Waray-Waray: istorya
 * West Frisian: petear


 * Arabic: مُحَاضَرَة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Danish: foredrag,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Indonesian: (1,2,3),  (3)
 * Interlingua: discurso (3)
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: Vördrag
 * Maltese: taħdita
 * Norwegian: foredrag, forelesning
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese: (3)
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: преда́ва̄ње
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: (3)


 * Arabic: خِطَاب
 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Indonesian: (1,2,3),  (2)
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: Gespreek
 * Malayalam:
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: (2)
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: చర్చనీయాంశం (2)


 * Catalan: ,
 * Finnish:, tyhjä puhe


 * Arabic: مُحَادَثَات, مُفَاوَضَات
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: перагаво́ры, перамо́вы
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: vyjednávání, negociace
 * Finnish: neuvottelut
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: მოლაპარაკებები
 * German: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: преговор
 * Polish: negocjacja
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пре̏гово̄р
 * Roman: prȅgovōr
 * Slovak: vyjednávanie, rokovanie
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: перегово́ри, перемо́ви, перемо́вини


 * Arabic:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Indonesian: (1,2,3),  (2)
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Low German:
 * German Low German:
 * Maori:
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Portuguese: (2)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: (2)

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  ; lecture; seminar

Verb

 * 1)  to

Etymology
Via 🇨🇬 or 🇨🇬, from (talq).

Noun

 * 1) talc (a soft, fine-grained mineral used in talcum powder)

Noun

 * 1) talc soft, fine-grained mineral used in talcum powder

Etymology 2
From, from , from. More at 🇨🇬.

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to talk, speak

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) talc

Alternative forms

 * talêk

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  talc
 * 2) talc, talcum powder

Noun

 * 1) talc (a soft, fine-grained mineral used in talcum powder)