spoken

See also: spöken and spøken

English

Etymology

Morphologically spoke +‎ -n.

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈspoʊkən/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊkən

Adjective

spoken (comparative more spoken, superlative most spoken)

  1. Relating to speech
  2. Speaking in a specified way
    soft-spoken
    well-spoken
  3. (of a language) Produced by articulate sounds.
    • 2001, Edward Zaccaro, chapter 1, in Real World Algebra:
      Algebra is not a spoken language like French or Spanish, it is a math language.

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Verb

spoken

  1. past participle of speak

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈspoː.kə(n)/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: spo‧ken
  • Rhymes: -oːkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch spoken. Equivalent to spook +‎ -en.

Verb

spoken

  1. (intransitive) to haunt
Inflection
Inflection of spoken (weak)
infinitive spoken
past singular spookte
past participle gespookt
infinitive spoken
gerund spoken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular spookspookte
2nd person sing. (jij) spooktspookte
2nd person sing. (u) spooktspookte
2nd person sing. (gij) spooktspookte
3rd person singular spooktspookte
plural spokenspookten
subjunctive sing.1 spokespookte
subjunctive plur.1 spokenspookten
imperative sing. spook
imperative plur.1 spookt
participles spokendgespookt
1) Archaic.
Descendants
  • → Papiamentu: spok

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

spoken

  1. plural of spook

Middle English

Noun

spoken

  1. plural of spoke

Scots

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈspokən]

Verb

spoken

  1. past participle of speak
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