View source for talk

{{also|Talk}}
==English==
{{wikipedia|lang=en}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{a|en|UK}}
** {{enPR|tôk|a=RP}} {{IPA|en|/tɔːk/}}
** {{IPA|en|[toːk]|a=SSBE,MLE}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-talk.wav|a=Southern England}}
** {{audio|en|En-uk-to talk.ogg|a=UK|text=to talk}}
* {{a|en|US}}
** {{IPA|en|/tɔk/|a=GA}}
** {{enPR|tŏk|a=cot-caught}} {{IPA|en|/tɑk/|[tʰɑk]|[tʰäk]|[tʰak]}}
** {{audio|en|en-us-talk.ogg|a=US,cot-caught}}
** {{IPA|en|/tɔʊ̯k/|a=AAVE}}
* {{IPA|en|/tɔːk/|a=CA}}
* {{IPA|en|/toːk/|a=AU,NZ,MLE}}
* {{homophones|en|torc|torq|torque|aa3=non-rhotic|;|tock|aa4=cot-caught}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɔːk|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|en|enm|talken}}, {{m|enm|talkien}}, from {{inh|en|ang|*tealcian|t=to talk, chat}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*talkōn}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*talkōną|t=to talk, chatter}}, frequentative form of {{der|en|gem-pro|*talōną|t=to count, recount, tell}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*dol-}}, {{m|ine-pro|*del-|t=to aim, calculate, adjust, count}}, equivalent to  {{m|en|tell}} + {{m|en|-k}}.

Cognate with {{cog|sco|talk||to talk}}, {{cog|nds|taalken||to talk}}. Related also to {{cog|da|tale||to talk, speak}}, {{cog|sv|tala||to talk, speak, say, chatter}}, {{cog|is|tala||to talk}}, {{cog|no|tale||speech}}, {{cog|ang|talian||to count, calculate, reckon, account, consider, think, esteem, value; argue; tell, relate; impute, assign}}. More at {{l|en|tale}}. Despite the surface similarity, unrelated to {{noncog|ine-pro|*telkʷ-|t=to talk}} (due to Grimm's law), which is the source of {{m|en|loquacious}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|en|taulke||obsolete}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[communicate]], usually by means of [[speech]].
#: {{ux|en|Let's sit down and '''talk'''.}}
#: {{ux|en|Although I don't speak Chinese, I managed to '''talk''' with the villagers using signs and gestures.}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Merchant of Venice|I|iii|page=166|passage=I will buy with you, sell with you, '''talk''' with you, walk with you, and so following, but I will not eat with you.}}
#* {{RQ:Lincoln Pratt's Patients|page=99|chapter=4|passage=Then he commenced to '''talk''', really '''talk'''. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He '''talked''' about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all. {{...}} It was a chance he was offering me, a wonderful, eighteen carat, solid gold chance.}}
#* {{RQ:Allingham China Governess|chapter=5|passage=Mr. Campion appeared suitably impressed and she warmed to him. He was very easy to '''talk''' to with those long clown lines in his pale face, a natural goon, born rather too early she suspected.}}
#* '''2016''', [https://web.archive.org/web/20171023035740/https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/lets-learn-english-lesson-7-what-are-you-doing/3240468.html VOA Learning English] (public domain)
#*: Let’s go to my office and '''talk'''.  ―  I like to '''talk''' with you, Ms. Weaver.
#*:: {{audio|en|Let’s go to my office and talk. ― I like to talk with you, Ms. Weaver.ogg|a=US}}
#* {{RQ:Maxwell Mirror and the Lamp|chapter=XXV|page=203|passage=&ldquo;{{...}}&nbsp;They '''talk''' of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.&rdquo; And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|informal}} To [[discuss]]; to talk about.
#: {{ux|en|They sat down to '''talk''' business.}}
#: {{ux|en|That's enough about work, let's '''talk''' holidays!}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To speak (a certain language).
#: {{ux|en|We '''talk''' French sometimes.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|informal|chiefly used in progressive tenses}} {{n-g|Used to emphasise the importance, size, complexity etc. of the thing mentioned.}}
#: {{ux|en|Are you interested in the job? They're '''talking''' big money.}}
#: {{ux|en|We're not '''talking''' rocket science here: it should be easy.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|slang}} To [[confess]], especially implicating others.
#: {{ux|en|Suppose he '''talks'''?}}
#: {{ux|en|She can be relied upon not to '''talk.'''}}
#: {{ux|en|They tried to make me '''talk.'''}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself.
#: {{ux|en|I am not the one to '''talk'''.}}
#: {{ux|en|She is a fine one to '''talk'''.}}
#: {{ux|en|You should '''talk'''.}}
#: {{ux|en|Look who's '''talking'''.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[gossip]]; to create [[scandal]].
#: {{ux|en|People will '''talk'''.}}
#: {{ux|en|Aren't you afraid the neighbours will '''talk'''?}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To manifest outwardly in speech, as opposed to reality or action.
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=22 Dec 79|volume=2|number=22|journal=Gay Community News|page=5|author=S. J. Harris|title=Life And Spirit|text=Remember that Christ and Christianity may not always be the same thing; e.g. Jerry Falwell '''''talks''''' "Christianity" but practices hatred {{...}} which is diametrically opposed to what Jesus really taught.}}
# {{lb|en|informal|chiefly used in progressive tenses}} To influence someone to express something, especially a particular [[stance]] or [[viewpoint]] or in a particular [[manner]].
#: {{ux|en|That's not like you at all, Jared. The drugs are '''talking'''. Snap out of it!}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2013|author=Stephen Coonts|title=Fortunes of War
|passage="So, are you going to give up all this good living and easy money and come fly for the Russians?"<br>"Hello no. I told you that yesterday."<br>"That was your wallet '''talking'''. The shooting has started. Now I appeal to your patriotism, your manhood, your sense of duty."}}

=====Conjugation=====
{{en-conj|old=1|talk}}

=====Synonyms=====
* See [[Thesaurus:talk]]

=====Coordinate terms=====
* {{l|en|listen}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col3|en|talk a big game|talk nasty
|bad-talk
|betalk
|double-talk
|fast-talk
|look who's talking|talk to the hand 'cause the face ain't listening
|now you're talking
|hark who's talking|like talking to a brick wall|like talking to a wall|on talking terms|shit-talking|smooth talking|smooth-talking|talking board|talking catfish|talking phase|talking stick|talking to|talking-drummer|talking-point|talking film|talking movie|talking picture|you don't know what you're talking about
|sleep-talk
|sweet-talk
|talk a blue streak|man-tailored
talk |talk about the weather|talk truth to power
|talk a good game
|talk a mile a minute
|talk about|talk truth to power
|talk around
|talkative
|talk back
|talk cock
|talk dirty| press-to-talk|push-to-talk
|talk down
|talker
|talk in circles
|talk into
|talk like a book
|talk like an apothecary
|talk of
|talk of the devil
|talk one's way out of
|talk out of turn
|talk over
|talk past
|talk sense
|[[talk shit]], [[talk shite]]
|talk shop
|talk smack
|talk someone's ear off
|talk someone under the table
|talk the talk
|talk through one's hat
|talk to the hand
|talk trash
|talk turkey
|talk up
|talky
|trash-talk
|you can talk
|talk to
|I don't want to talk about it|if these walls could talk|knock-and-talk|one to talk|smooth talk|talk against time|talk aloud protocol|talk at|talk big|talk down to|talk everything|talk fast and loose|talk like a book|talk out|talk out of|talk out of one's arse|talk out of one's ass|talk out of one's ear|talk out of school|talk out one's ass|talk over someone's head|talk round|talk softly and carry a big stick|talk someone into something|talk someone out of something|talk someone's arm off|talk someone's head off|talk the ears off a donkey|talk the hind leg off a donkey|talk the hind legs off a donkey|talk the leg off the Lamb of God|talk the legs off a pot|talk through|talk through one's ass|talk through one's nose|talk to a brick wall|talk to God|talk to God on the big white telephone|talk to oneself|talk to Ralph on the big white telephone|talk-aloud protocol|ve haf vays of making you talk|you can't talk|you should talk|you shouldn't talk
}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to communicate by speech}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|flas}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|تَكَلَّمَ}}, {{t|ar|تَحَدَّثَ}}
*: Algerian Arabic: {{t|arq|حكى}}, {{t|arq|هدر}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|اتْكَلَّم|tr=atkallam}}, {{t|acw|هَرَج|tr=haraj}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|խոսել}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|কথা পতা}}, {{t|as|কথা কোৱা}}, {{t|as|কথা বতৰা}} {{qualifier|noun}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|falar}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|danışmaq}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|размаўля́ць|impf}}, {{t+|be|гавары́ць|impf}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|বলা}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|гово́ря|impf}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ပြော}}, {{t+|my|မြွက်}} {{qualifier|formal}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|parlar}}, {{t+|ca|conversar}}, {{t+|ca|xerrar}} {{qualifier|slang}}, {{t+|ca|rallar}} {{qualifier|slang}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t+|yue|講|tr=gong2}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|說話|tr=shuōhuà}}, {{t+|cmn|説|tr=shuō}}, {{t+|cmn|講|tr=jiǎng}}, {{t+|cmn|言}}
* Cornish: {{t+|kw|kewsel}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|mluvit|impf}}, {{t+|cs|hovořit|impf}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|tale}}, {{t|da|snakke}}, {{t|da|fortælle}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|praten}}, {{t+|nl|spreken}}, {{t+|nl|overleggen}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|paroli}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|rääkima}}
* Faroese: {{t+|fo|tala}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|puhua}}
* French: {{t+|fr|parler}}, {{t+|fr|bavarder}}, {{t+|fr|entretenir|alt=s'entretenir}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|fevelâ}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|falar}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ლაპარაკი}}
* German: {{t+|de|reden}}, {{t+|de|sprechen}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|μιλώ}}, {{t+|el|συνομιλώ}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|דיבר|alt=דִּבֵּר|tr=dibér}}, {{t+|he|שׂוֹחֵחַ|tr=sokhéakh}}
* Higaonon: {{t|mba|ikagi}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|बात करना}}, {{t+|hi|बोलना}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|beszél}}, {{t+|hu|beszélget}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|tala}}, {{t+|is|mæla}}, {{t|is|ávarpa}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|parolar}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|bicara}}, {{t+|id|ngomong}}, {{t+|id|bincang}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|läätä}}
* Interlingua: {{t+|ia|parlar}}, {{t|ia|conversar}}
* Irish: [[bí#Irish|bí]] [[ag#Irish|ag]] {{t|ga|caint}}
* Isan: {{t-needed|tts}}
* Istriot: {{t|ist|favalà}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|parlare}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|話す|tr=はなす, hanasu}}, {{t+|ja|しゃべる|tr=shaberu}}
* Kazakh: {{t+|kk|сөйлеу}}, {{t|kk|сойлесу}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|និយាយ}}, {{t+|km|ក្លាវ}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|말하다}}, {{t+|ko|말씀하다}} {{qualifier|honorific}}, {{t+|ko|이야기하다}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|قسە ئەکات}}, {{t|ckb|ئەدوێنێت}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|axaftin}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|сүйлөө}}
* Laboya: {{t|lmy|kajalla}}, {{t|lmy|haʼnewe}}, {{t|lmy|panewe}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ພູດ}}, {{t+|lo|ຄຸຍ|tr=khuy}}, {{t|lo|ສົນທະນາ}}, {{t+|lo|ກ່າວ}}
* Latin: {{t|la|fabulor}}, {{t+|la|for}}, {{t|la|sermocinor}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|runāt}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|kalbėti}}
* Lü: {{t|khb|ᦀᦴᧉ}}, {{t|khb|ᦔᦱᧅ}}
* Luganda: {{t|lg|okwogela}}
* Macedonian: {{t+|mk|зборува|impf}}, {{t|mk|говори|impf}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|സംസാരിക്കുക}}, {{t+|ml|മിണ്ടുക}}, {{t+|ml|പറയുക}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᡤᡳᠰᡠᡵᡝᠮᠪᡳ}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|kōrero}}, {{t|mi|kōwetewete}}, {{t|mi|motatau}} {{qualifier|to oneself}}
* Marathi: {{t+|mr|बोलणे|tr=bol.ɳe}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|talken}}, {{t|enm|talkien}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|ярих}}
* Ngazidja Comorian: {{t|zdj|rongoza|alt=urongoza}} {{qualifier|+ direct object}}
* Nheengatú: {{t|yrl|purungitá}}
* Northern Thai: {{t|nod|ᩋᩪ᩶|tr=u}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|snakke}}, {{t+|nb|preke}}
* Ojibwe: {{t|oj|giigido}}
* Old Church Slavonic:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|cu|говорити|impf}}
*: Glagolitic: {{t|cu|ⰳⱁⰲⱁⱃⰻⱅⰹ|impf}}
* Old East Slavic: {{t|orv|говорити|impf}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|sprecan}}
* Pashto: {{t+|ps|خبرې کول|tr=xabǝ́re kawǝ́l}}
* Persian: {{t|fa|سخن گفتن|tr=soxan goftan}}, {{t+|fa|صحبت کردن|tr=sohbat kardan}}, {{t+|fa|حرف زدن|tr=harf zadan}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|mówić|impf}}, {{t+|pl|rozmawiać|impf}}, {{t+|pl|porozmawiać|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|falar}}, {{t+|pt|conversar}}
* Quechua: {{t+|qu|rimay}}, {{t|qu|rimachiy}}, {{t|qu|yawnay}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|vorbi|alt=a vorbi}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|говори́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|разгова́ривать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|бесе́довать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|болта́ть|impf}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|भाषते}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|гово̀рити|impf}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|govòriti|impf}}
* Shan: {{t-needed|shn}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|parrari}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|hovoriť|impf}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|govoriti|impf}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|powědaś|impf}}, {{t|dsb|powěźeś|pf}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|hablar}}, {{t+|es|conversar}}, {{t|es|fablar}}, {{t+|es|paular}}, {{t+|es|fabular}} {{qualifier|disused}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|zungumza|alt=kuzungumza}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|prata}}, {{t+|sv|tala}}, {{t+|sv|snacka}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}, {{t+|sv|babbla}}, {{t+|sv|orera}}
* Sylheti: {{t|syl|ꠉꠙ ꠇꠞꠣ|tr=gof xora}}, {{t|syl|ꠝꠣꠔ ꠇꠕꠣ}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|magsalita}}, {{t|tl|mag-usap}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|гап задан}}, {{t|tg|ҳарф задан}}, {{t|tg|сухбат кардан}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|பேசு}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|сөйләргә}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|మాట్లాడు}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|พูด}}, {{t+|th|คุย}}, {{t+|th|สนทนา}}, {{t+|th|กล่าว}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|konuşmak}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|gürlemek}}, {{t|tk|sözlemek}}
* Tày: {{t|tyz|cảng}}, {{t|tyz|phuối}}, {{t|tyz|cảng cỏ}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|розмовля́ти|impf}}, {{t+|uk|говори́ти|impf}},
* Urdu: {{t|ur|بات کرنا|tr=bāt karnā}}, {{t|ur|بولنا|tr=bolnā}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|سۆزلىمەك}}, {{t|ug|ئېيتماق}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|gaplashmoq}}, {{t+|uz|gapirishmoq}}, {{t+|uz|soʻzlashmoq}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|nói}}, {{t+|vi|nói chuyện}}, {{t|vi|nói được}}, {{t+|vi|trò chuyện}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|siarad}}
* West Frisian: {{t+|fy|prate}}
* Yámana: {{t|yag|yāpīmur-köna}}
* Yiddish: {{t+|yi|רעדן}}
* Zhuang: {{t|za|gangj}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to communicate by other means than speech}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|溝通|tr=kau1 tung1}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|puhua}}, {{t+|fi|viestiä}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|επικοινωνώ}}
* Japanese: {{qualifier|formai}} {{t|ja|意思疎通する|tr=ishi-sotsū suru}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|대화하다}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|for}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-see|(transitive) to discuss|discuss}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|en|enm|talk}}, {{m|enm|talke|t=conversation; discourse}}, from the verb (see above).

====Noun====
{{en-noun|~}}

# A [[conversation]] or [[discussion]]; usually serious, but informal.
#: {{ux|en|We need to have a '''talk''' about your homework.}}
#* {{RQ:Maxwell Mirror and the Lamp|chapter=XXIV|pages=198–199|pageref=198|passage=All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill.{{...}}Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connection&mdash;or rather as a transition from the subject that started their conversation&mdash;such '''talk''' had been distressingly out of place.}}
# A [[lecture]].
#: {{ux|en|There is a '''talk''' on {{w|Shakespeare}} tonight.}}
# {{lb|en|uncountable}} [[gossip|Gossip]]; [[rumour]].
#: {{ux|en|There's been '''talk''' lately about the two of them.}}
# {{lb|en|preceded by {{m|en|the}}; often qualified by a following {{m|en|of}}}} A major topic of social [[discussion]].
#: {{ux|en|She is the '''talk''' of the day.}}
#: {{ux|en|The musical is the '''talk''' of the town.}}
# {{senseid|en|the talk}} {{lb|en|preceded by {{m|en|the}}}} A [[customary]] conversation by [[parent]](s) or [[guardian]](s) with their (often [[teenage]]) child about a [[reality]] of [[life]]; in particular:
## A customary conversation in which parent(s) explain [[sexual intercourse]] to their child.
##: {{ux|en|Have you had '''the talk''' with Jay yet?}}
## {{lb|en|US}}<!--also elsewhere?--> A customary conversation in which the parent(s) of a [[black]] child explain the [[racism]] and [[violence]] they may face, especially when interacting with [[police]], and strategies to manage it.
##* {{quote-book|en|year=2012|author=Crystal McCrary|title=Inspiration: Profiles of Black Women Changing Our World|isbn=1613123442
|passage=Later, I made sure to have '''the talk''' with my son about being a black boy, {{...}}}}
##* {{quote-book|en|year=2016|author=Jim Wallis|title=America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge|isbn=1493403486
|passage=All the black parents I have ever spoken to have had “'''the talk'''” with their sons and daughters. “'''The talk'''” is a conversation about how to behave and not to behave with police.}}
##* {{quote-book|en|year=2016|author=Stuart Scott; Larry Platt|title=Every Day I Fight|isbn=1101983175|page=36
|passage=Now, I was a black man in the South, and my folks had had “'''the talk'''” with me. No, not the one about the birds and bees. This one is about the black man and the police.}}
# {{lb|en|uncountable|not preceded by an [[article]]}} Empty [[boasting]], promises or claims.
#: {{ux|en|The party leader's speech was all '''talk'''.}}
# {{lb|en|usually|in the plural}} Meeting to [[discuss]] a [[particular]] [[matter]].
#: {{syn|en|conference|debate|discussion|meeting}}
#: {{ux|en|The leaders of the G8 nations are currently in '''talks''' over nuclear weapons.}}

=====Synonyms=====
* See also [[Thesaurus:talk]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{der3|en|title=Terms derived from ''talk'' (noun)
|all talk
|all talk and no action| chalk and talk
|all talk and no cider
|baby talk
|betalk
|big talk
|book talk
|boy talk
|brush talk
|chalk talk
|chant talk
|clapper talk
|coffee talk
|crib talk
|cross talk
|crosstalk
|dharma talk
|dirty talk
|double talk
|dread talk
|drum talk
|elevator talk
|girl talk
|guy talk
|happy talk
|hot talk
|idle talk
|lightning talk
|locker room talk
|man talk
|monkey talk
|peace talk
|pep talk
|pillow talk
|plenary talk
|potty talk
|real talk
|self talk
|self-talk
|sex talk
|shit talk
|shit-talk
|shop talk
|side talk
|sleep talk
|smack talk
|smack-talk
|small talk
|smooth talk
|stack talk
|straight talk
|street talk
|sweet talk
|table talk
|talk battery
|talk bomb
|talk box
|talk is cheap
|talk jock
|talk jockey
|talk of the town
|talk page
|talk radio
|talk show
|talk story
|talk the talk
|talk time
|talk-aholic
|talkback
|talkie
|talksome
|twin talk
|uptalk
|uptalking
|walk and talk
|walk the talk
|walkie-talkie
|woman talk
}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|conversation}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مُحَادَثَة|f}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|كلام|m|tr=kalām}}, {{t|acw|هَرْج|m|tr=harj}}, {{t|acw|مُحادثة|f|tr=muḥādaṯa}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|զրույց}}, {{t+|hy|խոսակցություն}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|размо́ва|f}}, {{t|be|гу́тарка|f}}
* Bislama: {{t|bi|tok}}
* Buginese: {{t|bug|bicara}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|ра́зговор|m}}, {{t+|bg|бесе́да|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|conversa|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|談話|tr=tánhuà}}, {{t+|cmn|會話|tr=huìhuà}}
* Choctaw: {{t|cho|anumpa}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|rozhovor|m}}, {{t+|cs|konverzace|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|samtale|c}}, {{t|da|drøftelse|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|gesprek|n}}, {{t+|nl|conversatie|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|keskustelu}}
* French: {{t+|fr|discussion|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|conversa|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|საუბარი}}, {{t|ka|ლაპარაკი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Gespräch|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|συζήτηση|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|שִׂיחָה|f|tr=sikhá}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|बातचीत|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|beszéd}}, {{t+|hu|beszélgetés}}
* Indonesian: {{t+check|id|bicara|alt=pembicaraan}} (1,2,3), {{t+check|id|bincang|alt=perbincangan}} (1)
* Interlingua: {{t-check|ia|conversation}} (1)
* Irish: {{t|ga|caint}}, {{t|ga|aighneas|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|conversazione}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|話し|tr=はなし, hanashi}}, {{t+|ja|会話|tr=かいわ, kaiwa}}
* Kazakh: {{t-needed|kk}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|이야기}}, {{t+|ko|대화(對話)}}, {{t+|ko|회화(會話)}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|دواندن}}, {{t+|ckb|قسە}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|axiftin|f}}, {{t+|kmr|xeberdan|f}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|sermō|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|pokalbis|m}}
* Low German:
*: German Low German: {{t|nds-de|Gespreek|n}}, {{t+|nds-de|Snack|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t+|mk|разговор|m}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|സംസാരം}}, {{t+|ml|വർത്തമാനം}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|samtale|m}}, {{t+|nb|prat|m}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|گفتگو|tr=goftegu, goftogu, goftgu}}, {{t+|fa|صحبت|tr=sohbat}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|rozmowa|f}}, {{t+|pl|konwersacja|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|conversa|f}}, {{t+check|pt|conversação|f}} (1)
* Romagnol: {{t|rgn|abucamént|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|conversație|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|разгово́р|m}}, {{t+|ru|бесе́да|f}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|collogue}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|seanchas|m}}, {{t|gd|còmhradh|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|ра̏згово̄р|m}}, {{t|sh|го̏во̄р|m}}, {{t|sh|конверза́ција|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|rȁzgovōr|m}}, {{t+|sh|gȍvōr|m}}, {{t+|sh|konverzácija|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|rozhovor|m}}, {{t|sk|konverzácia|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|pogȏvor|m}}
* Somali: {{t+|so|hadal}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|conversación|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|konversation|c}}, {{t+|sv|prat|n}}, {{t+|sv|snack|n}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|гуфтугӯ}}, {{t|tg|сӯхбат}}, {{t|tg|муколама}}
* Tamil: {{t-needed|ta}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|కబుర్లు}}
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|plāce}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|розмо́ва|f}}, {{t+|uk|бе́сіда|f}}
* Urdu: {{t+|ur|بات چیت|f|tr=bāt cīt}}
* Waray-Waray: {{t|war|istorya}}
* West Frisian: {{t|fy|petear}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|lecture}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مُحَاضَرَة|f}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ելույթ}}, {{t+|hy|դասախոսություն}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|бесе́да|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|conferència|f}}, {{t+|ca|xerrada|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|foredrag|n}}, {{t+|da|forelæsning|c}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|esitelmä}}, {{t+|fi|luento}}
* French: {{t+|fr|conférence|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|conferencia|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Vortrag|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|διάλεξη|f}}
* Indonesian: {{t+check|id|bicara|alt=pembicaraan}} (1,2,3), {{t+check|id|kuliah}} (3)
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|discurso}} (3)
* Italian: {{t+|it|discorso}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|講義|tr=こうぎ, kōgi}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|강의(講義)}}
* Low German:
*: German Low German: {{t|nds-de|Vördrag|m}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|taħdita|f}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|foredrag|n}}, {{t|no|forelesning|m|f}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|سخنرانی|tr=soxanrâni}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|discurso|m}} (3)
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ле́кция|f}}, {{t+|ru|нота́ция|f}}, {{t+|ru|исто́рия|f}}, {{t+|ru|расска́з|m}}, {{t+|ru|разгово́р|m}}, {{t+|ru|бесе́да|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|преда́ва̄ње|n}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|predávānje|n}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|conferencia|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|föreläsning|c}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|ప్రసంగం}} (3)
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|major topic of social discussion}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|خِطَاب|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|слух|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|snak|c}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|puheenaihe}}
* French: {{t+|fr|discours|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Gespräch|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|θέμα|n}}
* Indonesian: {{t+check|id|bicara|alt=pembicaraan}} (1,2,3), {{t+check|id|cakap|alt=percakapan}} (2)
* Italian: {{t+|it|argomento}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|話し|tr=はなし, hanashi}}, {{t+|ja|噂|tr=うわさ, uwasa}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|소문(所聞)}}, {{t+|ko|이야기}}
* Low German:
*: German Low German: {{t|nds-de|Gespreek|n}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|സംസാരം}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|prat|n}}, {{t+|no|snakk|n}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|temat|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+check|pt|assunto|m}} (2)
* Russian: {{t+|ru|молва́|f}}, {{t+|ru|слу́хи|m-p}}, {{t+|ru|разгово́ры|m-p}}, {{t+|ru|то́лки|m-p}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|prat|n}}
* Telugu: {{t|te|చర్చనీయాంశం}} (2)
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|empty boasting, promises or claims}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|xerrameca|f}}, {{t+|ca|discurs|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|puhe}}, {{t|fi|[[tyhjä]] [[puhe]]}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|güirigüiri|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|meeting, negotiation}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مُحَادَثَات|f-p}}, {{t|ar|مُفَاوَضَات|f-p}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|բանակցություն}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|danışıq}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|перагаво́ры|m-p}}, {{t|be|перамо́вы|f-p}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|преговор|m-p|alt=пре́говори}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|conversacions|f-p}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|會談|tr=huìtán}}, {{t+|cmn|談判|tr=tánpàn}}, {{t+|cmn|交涉|tr=jiāoshè}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|vyjednávání|n}}, {{t|cs|negociace|f}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|neuvottelut|p}}
* French: {{t+|fr|pourparlers|m-p}}, {{t+|fr|négociations|f-p}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|მოლაპარაკებები|p}}
* German: {{t+|de|Unterredung|f}}, {{t+|de|Verhandlung|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|negoziato|m}}, {{t+|it|negoziazione|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|会商|tr=かいしょう, kaishō}}, {{t+|ja|交渉|tr=こうしょう, kōshō}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|교섭(交涉)}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|преговор|m-p|alt=преговори}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|negocjacja|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|negociação|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|negociere|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|перегово́ры|m-p}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|пре̏гово̄р|m}}
*: Roman: {{t|sh|prȅgovōr|m}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|vyjednávanie|n}}, {{t|sk|rokovanie|n}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|pregovor|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|negociación|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|överenskommelse|c}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|перегово́ри|m-p}}, {{t|uk|перемо́ви|f-p}}, {{t|uk|перемо́вини|f-p}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Arabic: {{t-check|ar|خِطَاب|m}} <!-- Was under "what is being said" -->
* Danish: {{t+check|da|snak|c}} <!-- Was under "what is being said" -->
* Dutch: {{t+check|nl|gesprek|n}}
* French: {{t+check|fr|discours|m}} <!-- Was under "what is being said" -->
* German: {{t+check|de|Gespräch|n}} <!-- Was under "what is being said" -->
* Greek: {{t+check|el|θέμα|n}} <!-- Was under "what is being said" -->
* Indonesian: {{t+check|id|bicara|alt=pembicaraan}} (1,2,3), {{t+check|id|cakap|alt=percakapan}} (2) <!-- Was under "what is being said" -->
* Italian: {{t+check|it|argomento|m}} <!-- Was under "what is being said" -->, {{t+check|it|conversazione||f}}, {{t+check|it|discorso|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+check|ja|話し|tr=はなし, hanashi}} <!-- Was under "what is being said" -->
* Low German:
*: German Low German: {{t-check|nds-de|Gespreek|n}} <!-- Was under "what is being said" -->
* Maori: {{t+check|mi|korero}}
* Norwegian: {{t+check|no|prat|n}}, {{t+check|no|snakk|n}} <!-- Was under "what is being said" -->
* Portuguese: {{t+check|pt|assunto|m}} (2) <!-- Was under "what is being said" -->
* Swedish: {{t+check|sv|prat|n}} <!-- Was under "what is being said" -->
* Telugu: {{t-check|te|చర్చనీయాంశం}} (2) <!-- Was under "what is being said" -->
{{trans-bottom}}

===Related terms===
{{lookfrom|en|talk}}

{{c|en|Talking|Racism}}

==Chinese==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|yue|en|talk}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{zh-pron
|c=tok1
|cat=n,v}}

===Noun===
{{head|zh|noun}}

# {{lb|zh|Hong Kong Cantonese}} {{l|en|talk}}; [[lecture]]; [[seminar]]
#: {{zh-co|聽 t{}a{}l{}k{tok1}|to attend a talk|C}}

===Verb===
{{head|zh|verb}}

# {{lb|zh|Hong Kong Cantonese}} to {{l|en|talk}} {{q|especially a lot}}
#: {{zh-co|'''t{}a{}l{}k{tok1}'''得|'''talk'''ative|C}}

===References===
* {{R:yue:ELHKC}}

==Danish==

===Etymology===
{{dercat|da|ar|fa|pal}}
Borrowed from {{bor|da|fr|talc}} or {{bor|da|de|Talk}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|da|/talk/|[tˢalˀɡ̊]}}

===Noun===
{{da-noun|en|-}}

# [[talc]] (a soft, fine-grained mineral used in talcum powder)

====Related terms====
* {{l|da|talkum}}

==Dutch==
{{wikipedia|lang=nl}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|nl|Nl-talk.ogg}}

===Etymology 1===

====Noun====
{{nl-noun|m|-|-}}

# [[talc]] {{gloss|soft, fine-grained mineral used in talcum powder}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|id|bor=1|talk}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|nl|dum|talch}}, from {{inh|nl|odt|*talg}}, from {{inh|nl|gmw-pro|*talg}}, from {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*talgaz}}. More at {{cog|en|tallow}}.

====Noun====
{{nl-noun|c|-|-}}

# {{alternative form of|nl|talg|t=tallow}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|dcr|talk}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|nl|kalt}}

==Hawaiian Creole==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|hwc|en|talk}}.

===Verb===
{{head|hwc|verb}}

# to talk, [[speak]]
#: {{ux|hwc|You talk '''Pidgin'''?|Do you speak '''Pidgin'''?}}

==Indonesian==
{{wikipedia||lang=id}}

===Etymology===
From {{bor|id|nl|talk}}, from {{der|id|frm|talc}}, from {{der|id|ar|طَلْق}}, from {{der|id|fa|تلک|tr=talk}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|id|[ˈtalk]|q1=standard|[ˈtalə̆k]}}
* {{hyphenation|id|talk}}

===Noun===
{{id-noun|head=|pl=-}}

# [[talc]]

====Alternative forms====
* {{l|id|talek|talêk}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:KBBI Daring}}

==Polish==
{{wp|lang=pl}}

===Etymology===
{{dercat|pl|ar|fa}}
{{lbor|pl|ML.|talcum}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|a=LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-talk.wav}}

===Noun===
{{pl-noun|m-in}}

# {{lb|pl|mineral}} [[talc]] {{gl|soft mineral}}
# [[talc]], [[talcum powder]]

====Declension====
{{pl-decl-noun-m-in|tantum=s}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|pl|title=adjective|talkowy}}
{{col-auto|pl|title=verb|talkować<g:impf>}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:WSJP}}
* {{R:pl:PWN}}

{{C|pl|Toiletries}}

==Swedish==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|sv|de|Talk}}

===Noun===
{{head|sv|noun|g=c}}

# [[talc]] (a soft, fine-grained mineral used in talcum powder)

====Declension====
{{sv-noun-unc-irreg-c|2=talken}}

{{C|sv|Mineralogy}}