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spoken

Syllables: spo·ken/ˈspəʊ.k(ə)n//ˈspoʊ.kən/

spoken adjective: expressed in speech. Also the past participle of speak.

Adjective

spoken (comparative more spoken, superlative most spoken)

  1. Expressed in speech.
  2. (in-compounds) Speaking in a specified way.
    • soft-spoken
    • well-spoken
  3. Of a language, produced by articulate sounds.
    • Algebra is not a spoken language like French or Spanish, it is a math language.2001, Edward Zaccaro, chapter 1, in Real World Algebra

Also used as

spoken is also the past participle of speak.

spoken meaning in Telugu, Punjabi, Sanskrit and Arabic

spoken in Telugu

expressed in speech
భాషితము bhāṣitamu

spoken in Punjabi

ਬੋਲਿਆ

spoken in Sanskrit

expressed in speech
उक्त ukta, वाचिक vācika

spoken in Arabic

expressed in speech
مَنْطُوق manṭūq, شَفَهِيّ šafahiyy, مَحْكِيّ maḥkiyy

Examples of spoken in a sentence

  • His face went ablush after realizing he had spoken out of turn.
  • English is spoken here as an unofficial language and lingua franca.
  • There are some unique properties found in sign language compared to spoken language.

All 40 example sentences with spoken

Synonyms of spoken

Antonyms

Forms of spoken

comparativemore spoken
superlativemost spoken

Origin of spoken

Morphologically spoke + -n.

Words formed from spoken

Phrases with spoken

12 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with spoken

Questions about spoken

What does spoken mean?
Spoken means expressed in speech.
What is spoken in Telugu?
Spoken in Telugu is భాషితము (bhāṣitamu). See Spoken meaning in Telugu.
What part of speech is spoken?
Spoken is an adjective.
How do you pronounce spoken?
Spoken is pronounced /ˈspəʊ.k(ə)n/ (UK).

Words near spoken in the dictionary

  1. spoke-dogs
  2. spoke-shave
  3. spoke-shaves
  4. spoked
  5. spokeless
  6. spoken
  7. spoken as one found
  8. spoken down to
  9. spoken for
  10. spoken for oneself
  11. spoken ill of

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: spoken (page history and authors); spoken (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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