loquace
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin loquax (“talkative”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɔ.kas/, /lɔ.kwas/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: lo‧quace
Adjective
loquace (plural loquaces)
Derived terms
- loquacité
- loquacement
Further reading
- “loquace”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin loquax (“talkative”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /loˈkwa.t͡ʃe/
- Rhymes: -atʃe
- Hyphenation: lo‧quà‧ce
Adjective
loquace m or f (plural loquaci)
- talkative; loquacious
- è un tipo loquace ― he's a talkative fellow
- eloquent
- Synonym: eloquente