talkative

English

Etymology

From Middle English talkatyve, equivalent to talk +‎ -ative.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔːkətɪv/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔkədɪv/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑkədɪv/

Adjective

talkative (comparative more talkative, superlative most talkative)

1. Tending to talk a lot.

   a talkative girl

   a talkative TV show

2. Speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences.

Synonyms

• (very willing to talk): chatty, gabby, loquacious, outgoing, talksome, outspoken
• (too long or too much): long-winded, garrulous, logorrheic
• (with too many details): verbose
• (too much nonsense): drivellous
• (saying inappropriate things): indiscreet
• See also Thesaurus:talkative

Antonyms

• dour, monosyllabic, sullen, withdrawn
• laconic, taciturn, terse, uncommunicative
• mute, quiet, silent

Derived terms

• talkatively
• talkativeness

Translations

tending to talk or speak freely or often

• Arabic: ثَرْثَار (ar) (ṯarṯār)
• Armenian: խոսուն (hy) (xosun), լեզվանի (hy) (lezvani)
• Aromanian: limbutsescu, limbar
• Azerbaijani: söhbətcil
• Belarusian: гаварлі́вы (havarlívy), гаваркі́ (havarkí), размо́ўны (razmóŭny)
• Bulgarian: приказлив (bg) (prikazliv), словоохо́тлив (bg) (slovoohótliv), разгово́рлив (bg) (razgovórliv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貧嘴／贫嘴 (zh) (pínzuǐ)

• Czech: upovídaný (cs) m, povídavý
• Danish: snaksom, snaksaglig
• Dutch: spraakzaam (nl), praatgraag (nl), babbelziek (nl)
• Esperanto: parolema
• Finnish: puhelias (fi), suulas (fi), suupaltti (fi)
• French: bavard (fr), loquace (fr)
• Galician: falador (gl), paroleiro (gl), faladeiro (gl)
• German: gesprächig (de), redselig (de)
• Greek: ομιλητικός (el) (omilitikós)

  Ancient: λάλος (lálos)

• Hebrew: דברן m (dabrán), פטפטן (he) m (patpetán), פטפטני m (patpetaní)
• Hungarian: beszédes (hu), bőbeszédű (hu)
• Icelandic: málglaður, skrafhreifinn
• Ido: babilema (io)
• Indonesian: banyak omong
• Irish: béalráiteach
• Italian: loquace (it), chiacchierino (it), garrulo (it)
• Japanese: おしゃべり好きな (oshaberi-zuki-na)
• Javanese: cangkeman (offensive)
• Kapampangan: malabit
• Korean: 수다스럽다 (sudaseureopda)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: زمان پاراو (zman paraw)

• Latin: loquax (la), garrulus, multiloquus
• Latvian: runīgs, valodīgs, mutīgs, pļāpīgs
• Luxembourgish: gespréicheg
• Macedonian: разговорлив (razgovorliv)
• Malayalam: വാചാലം (ml) (vācālaṁ)
• Maori: kōtetetete, matakuikui, hautete, whakapūkahu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pratsom, snakkesalig (no)

  Nynorsk: pratsam, snakkesalig

• Polish: gadatliwy (pl), rozmowny (pl)
• Portuguese: falador (pt), falante (pt), conversador (pt), tagarela (pt)
• Romanian: vorbăreț (ro), flecar (ro), limbut (ro), guraliv (ro), gureș (ro)
• Russian: разгово́рчивый (ru) (razgovórčivyj), словоохо́тливый (ru) (slovooxótlivyj), болтли́вый (ru) (boltlívyj), бесе́дливый (ru) (besédlivyj), говорли́вый (ru) (govorlívyj), гаваркі (ru) (gavarki)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бр̏бљав, прѝчљив, гово̀рљив

  Roman: bȑbljav (sh), prìčljiv (sh), govòrljiv (sh)

• Slovak: ukecaný, utáraný (sk), zhovorčivý
• Slovene: zgovoren (sl), klepetav (sl)
• Spanish: hablador (es), conversador (es)
• Swedish: pratglad (sv), pratsam (sv)
• Tagalog: madaldal
• Tatar: сүзчән (süzçän)
• Turkish: konuşkan (tr), şapır (dialectal), geveze (tr), çenebaz (tr), lafazan (tr), boşboğaz (tr)
• Ukrainian: балаку́чий (uk) (balakúčyj), говірки́й (hovirkýj), балакли́вий (uk) (balaklývyj) (rare), говірли́вий (hovirlývyj) (rare), розмо́вний (rozmóvnyj)
• Volapük: spikotälik (vo)
• Welsh: siaradus (cy), chwedleugar

speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences

• Bulgarian: бъбрив (bg) (bǎbriv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嘴不穩／嘴不稳 (zh) (zuǐ bù wěn), 嘴敞 (zh) (zuǐchǎng)

• Finnish: avosuinen, löyhäsuinen, hölösuinen
• German: geschwätzig (de)
• Hungarian: fecsegő (hu)
• Japanese: おしゃべりな (ja) (oshaberi-na)
• Portuguese: tagarela (pt)
• Russian: болтли́вый (ru) (boltlívyj)
• Swedish: frispråkig (sv), öppenhjärtig (sv)
• Tatar: такылдык (taqıldıq)
• Turkish: patavatsız (tr)
• Vietnamese: lắm mồm