Meaning

10 senses

  1. One who speaks.

    There were three different speakers, but I couldn't make out their accents.

    Sprecher, Sprecherin

    носи́тельnosítelʹ, говоря́щийgovorjáščij, спи́керspíker

    мо́вецьmóvecʹ, мовля́нинmovljányn, спі́керspíker

  2. Loudspeaker.

    She lost her hearing after standing too close to the speaker at the festival.

    Lautsprecher

    громкоговори́тельgromkogovorítelʹ, дина́микdinámik, коло́нкаkolónka

    гучномо́вецьhučnomóvecʹ

  3. Speakerphone.

    you're on speaker

    I'm gonna put you on speaker now

  4. The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.

    Vorsitzender, Vorsitzende, Nationalratspräsident

    спи́керspíker

    спі́керspíker

    the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly

  5. One who makes a speech to an audience.

    Near-synonyms: orator, presenter, announcer

    hired speaker; motivational speaker

    Referent, Referentin

    докла́дчикdokládčik, ора́торorátor

    промо́вецьpromóvecʹ, ора́торorátor

    someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)

  6. (US)A book containing passages of text for use in speeches.

  7. (especially)The producer of a given utterance, whether speech or text.

  8. The producer of a given utterance, whether speech or text.

    (especially)The literary character uttering the lyrics of a poem or song, as opposed to the author writing the words of that character.

  9. A key on a woodwind instrument of the clarinet family (compare octave key on other instruments) which induces the instrument to overblow.

  10. (archaic)A wooden pole or spike used by hedgers to carry loads on their shoulders. Possibly Dorset dialect.

Examples

1146 sentences

  1. I thought that Tom was a native speaker.

    Я думав, Том — носій мови. — deniko

    deIch hielt Tom für einen Muttersprachler. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. I studied English for four years with a native speaker.

    Я вчив англiйску чотири роки з носiєм мови. — sinichka

    ruЯ четыре года изучал английский с носителем языка. — marafon

    deIch lernte vier Jahre mit einem Muttersprachler Englisch. — moskbnea

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  3. He is a fast speaker.

    Він говорить швидко. — ascolto

    ruОн говорит быстро. — ae5s

    deEr spricht schnell. — MUIRIEL

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  4. He is a good speaker.

    Він добрий оратор. — deniko

    ruОн хороший оратор. — Hellerick

    deEr ist ein guter Redner. — Espi

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  5. I'm not a native speaker.

    Я не носій мови. — deniko

    ruЯ не носитель языка. — odexed

    deIch bin keine Muttersprachlerin. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
one who speaks:
loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker:
one who makes a speech to an audience:
Русский
By meaning 3
one who speaks:
loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker:
one who makes a speech to an audience:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
one who speaks:
loudspeaker — see also loudspeaker:
politics: the chair or presiding officer:
one who makes a speech to an audience:

Origin

From Middle English speker, spekere, an alteration (with change of suffix) of Old English

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”).

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Forms

plural: speakers
Singularspeaker
Pluralspeakers

regular

Synonyms

13 synonyms
oratorB2presenterB2speechmakerannouncer
several senses:talker
Close in meaning
  • someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous):talkeruttererverbalizerverbaliser
  • electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance:loudspeakerspeaker unitloudspeaker systemspeaker system

Word family

32 related words
Relatedspeakershipspeak
Derivednative speakerB2doublespeakerear speakerforespeakerforthspeakergainspeakerguest speakerheritage speakerinterspeakerintraspeakerlawspeakerlay speakermultispeakernative-speakernon-native speakernon-native-speakernonspeakerplenary speakerpublic speakerremote speakersemispeakersmart speakerspeaker basespeaker enclosure

Collocations

12 patterns
  • a native speaker
  • native speaker
  • with native speakers
  • native speaker of
  • native speaker would
  • non native speakers
  • by native speakers
  • speaker would say
  • speaker in our
  • native speakers can
  • native speaker in
  • are native speakers

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
spayspeakA1speakerphonespeaking
speaker — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto