# speaker
## English
### Etymology

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”).

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈspikɚ/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈspiːkə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːkə(ɹ)

### Noun

speaker (plural speakers)
* One who speaks.
** 1989, R. Norman Whybray, Ecclesiastes, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 15:This title is derived from the first verse of the book (1.1), which is a heading or colophon informing the reader who this Qoheleth was: he was the author of the book, or at least the speaker of the words which are contained in it ...
** 2011 October 28, Adam Thirlwell, “The Joyful Side of Translation”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:As [David] Bellos points out, those born as English speakers are now a minority of English speakers: most speak it as a second language. English is the world’s biggest interlanguage.
    There were three different speakers, but I couldn't make out their accents.
* Loudspeaker.
    She lost her hearing after standing too close to the speaker at the festival.
* Speakerphone.
    you're on speaker
    I'm gonna put you on speaker now
* (politics) The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.
* One who makes a speech to an audience.
    Synonym: speechmaker
    Near-synonyms: orator, presenter, announcer
    hired speaker;   motivational speaker
    The company hired a motivational speaker to boost morale.
* (US) A book containing passages of text for use in speeches.
* (especially in linguistics) The producer of a given utterance, whether speech or text.
** 2002, Merlin Donald, A Mind So Rare: The Evolution of Human Consciousness, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 242:The speaker spelled out the words to be communicated, letter by letter, while the reader's hand read the speaker's message. In its original form the hand alphabet assumed that both speaker and reader could already speak and spell the words ...
** (poetry) The literary character uttering the lyrics of a poem or song, as opposed to the author writing the words of that character.
    Popular culture often incorrectly attributes quotes from the speakers of poems or songs to the authors thereof, as when "I took the one less traveled by" is attributed to Robert Frost rather than to the speaker in Frost's "The Road Not Taken".
* (music) A key on a woodwind instrument of the clarinet family (compare octave key on other instruments) which induces the instrument to overblow.
* (archaic) A wooden pole or spike used by hedgers to carry loads on their shoulders. Possibly Dorset dialect.
    Alternative form: spyeker
** 1878, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native, page 18:With a speäker, or stake, he tossed the outlying scraps of fuel on the into the conflagration.

#### Synonyms

* (several senses): talker

#### Derived terms

* ear speaker
* guest speaker
* heritage speaker
* lay speaker
* native speaker
* native-speaker
* non-native-speaker
* non-native speaker
* PA speaker
* PC speaker
* plenary speaker
* public speaker
* remote speaker
* smart speaker
* speaker base
* speaker enclosure
* speaker point
* tongues speaker
* tongues-speaker

#### Further reading

* Link to web page on Speaker of the House of Commons (3)

### Anagrams

* Preseka, parkees, peakers, re-speak, respake, respeak

## Brunei Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from English speaker.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /spikə/
* Hyphenation: spea‧ker

### Noun

speaker
* (colloquial) loudspeaker

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English speaker.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /spi.kœʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

speaker m (plural speakers, feminine speakerine)
* announcer
* speaker (in parliament)

### Further reading

* “speaker”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English speaker.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈspi.ker/
* Rhymes: -iker

### Noun

speaker m (invariable)
* announcer, commentator (radio, TV)
* speaker (parliamentary)

### References

* ↑ speaker in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
* ↑ speaker in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from English speaker.

### Noun

speaker m (definite singular speakeren, indefinite plural speakere, definite plural speakerne)
* announcer (at sports events etc.)
* speaker (in parliament, chiefly concering UK or US)

### Further reading

* “speaker” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
* “speaker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English speaker.

### Noun

speaker m (plural speakeri)
* speaker

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈspikeɾ/ [ˈspi.keɾ], /esˈpikeɾ/ [esˈpi.keɾ]
* Rhymes: -ikeɾ

### Noun

speaker m or f by sense (plural speakers or speaker)
* speaker (in parliament)

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English speaker.

### Noun

speaker c
* an announcer (at a (sporting) event)
* a narrator (person who delivers a voice over, in a documentary or the like – compare berättarröst)

#### Derived terms

* speakerröst
* speakertext

#### See also

* berättarröst
* konferencier
* kommentator

### References

* speaker in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* speaker in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* speaker in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)