talk

CEFRA1

/tɔːk/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To speak in order to communicate.

  2. 02

    noun

    A conversation or speech.

Examples

  • Did I talk in my sleep? I must have been dreaming.

  • I may be antisocial, but it doesn't mean I don't talk to people.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [tʰoːk]
  • /taːk/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To discuss; to talk about.

  2. To speak (a certain language).

  3. To communicate, usually by means of speech.

More examples

In context

  • May I talk to Ms. Brown?

  • Although I don't speak Chinese, I managed to talk with the villagers using signs and gestures.

  • Let’s go to my office and talk. ― I like to talk with you, Ms. Weaver.

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Origin

verb

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. Cognates Cognate with Low German taalken (“to chatter, gossip, talk”). Related also to Bavarian zoin (“to pay”), Cimbrian zaln (“to pay”), Dutch talen (“to care, long; to speak; to say”), German zahlen (“to pay”), Mòcheno zoln (“to pay”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål tale (“to talk, speak”), Faroese, Icelandic, and Swedish tala (“to speak, talk”), Norwegi...