éloquent

Inherited from Middle French eloquent, from Old French eloquent, borrowed from Latin ēloquentem (“speaking, having the faculty of speech, eloquent”), present participle of ēloquī (“to speak out”), from ē- (“out”) + loquī (“to speak”).

• IPA^(key): /e.lɔ.kɑ̃/

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éloquent (feminine éloquente, masculine plural éloquents, feminine plural éloquentes)

1. eloquent (fluently persuasive and articulate)
2. eloquent; descriptive

• éloquence

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