speech in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for speech in the English»French Dictionary

speech [Brit spiːtʃ, Am spitʃ] N

1. speech (oration):

speech

discours m (on sur, about à propos de)

speech THEAT

tirade f

farewell/opening speech

discours d'adieu/d'ouverture

in a speech

dans un discours

to give/make/deliver a speech

tenir/faire/prononcer un discours

the Speech from the Throne Brit POL

le Discours du Trône

2. speech:

speech (faculty)

parole f

speech (spoken form)

langage m

direct/indirect speech LING

discours m direct/indirect

direct/indirect speech LING

style m direct/indirect

in speech

par le langage

to express oneself in speech rather than writing

s'exprimer oralement plutôt que par écrit

the power of speech

le pouvoir de la parole

3. speech (language):

speech

langage m

everyday speech

le langage de tous les jours

4. speech Am (subject):

speech SCHOOL, UNIV

expression f orale

to teach speech

enseigner l'expression orale

Budget speech N Brit POL

Budget speech

discours m de présentation du Budget

direct speech N

direct speech

style m direct

reported speech N

reported speech

style m indirect

speech act N PHILOS

speech act

acte m de parole

speech defect N

speech defect → speech impediment

See also speech impediment

speech impediment N

speech impediment

défaut m d'élocution

speech synthesis N COMPUT

speech synthesis

synthèse f de la parole

speech synthesizer N COMPUT

speech synthesizer

synthétiseur m de parole

speech therapist N

speech therapist

orthophoniste mf

speech-writer N

speech-writer

personne f qui écrit des discours

speech in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for speech in the English»French Dictionary

speech <-es> [spitʃ] N

1. speech (act of speaking):

speech

parole f

to lose the power of speech

perdre l'usage de la parole

in speech

en parole

to be slow in speech

parler lentement

2. speech (lines spoken by actor):

speech

texte m

3. speech (public talk):

speech

discours m

speech recognition N comput, LING

speech recognition

reconnaissance f vocale

speech therapy N

speech therapy

orthophonie f

speech therapist N

speech therapist

orthophoniste mf

speech act N LING

speech act

acte m de parole

speech community N LING, SOCIOL

speech community

communauté f linguistique

election speech

election speech → election address

See also election address

election address N

election address

discours m électoral

free speech N

free speech

liberté f d'expression

reported speech N LING

reported speech

discours m indirect

keynote address, keynote speech N

keynote address

discours m programme

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

For example, if one claims or implies with their speech act that it is raining outside, a good reason for claiming this is that one saw it out the window.

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Their speech was recorded and transcribed during this task.

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Feeding problems, impaired speech, and hearing loss are symptoms of a submucous cleft palate.

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In corporate or commercial settings, greater importance is attached to the delivery of a keynote speech or keynote address.

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A demand specifies something about the sentence or word, such as number of clauses, part of speech, number of letters, etc.

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He has a minor speech impediment, always using the word actually, and like his brothers, he has a drinking problem.

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A particular instance of communication is called a speech act.

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Statistical learning theory has led to successful applications in fields such as computer vision, speech recognition, bioinformatics and baseball.

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The film has no dialog apart from the incidental speech of background characters.

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If the speech would be judged on its quality of deliverance and content it would be considered a success.

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