Added 8 October 2026
talk
/tɔːk/ verb
In Latin: fabulor, for, sermocinor Wiktionary
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noun
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A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal.
We need to have a talk about your homework.
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A lecture.
There is a talk on Shakespeare tonight.
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Gossip; rumour.
There's been talk lately about the two of them.
Origin
From Middle English talken, talkien, from Old English *tealcian (“to talk, chat”), from Proto-West Germanic *talkōn, from Proto-Germanic *talkōną (“to talk, chatter”), frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *talōną (“to count, recount, tell”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol-, *del- (“to aim, calculate, adjust, count”), equivalent to tell + -k. Cognates Cognate with Low German taalken (“to chatter, gossip, talk”).
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