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talende

adjectiveadjektiv

talking, speaking · eloquent, expressive, telling

EtymologyOpphav

av tale (II)to speak · to argue, to plead (for or against) from tale (II)to speak · to argue, to plead (for or against)

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. som snakker which speaks
    • et eventyr om en talende hund a fairy tale about a talking dog
  2. i overført betydning: som formidler noe uten å bruke ord;
    som vitner om noe usagt
    figuratively: which conveys something without using words;
    which testifies to something left unsaid
    • en talende håndbevegelse an expressive gesture of the hand
    • talende taushet an eloquent silence
    • talende eksempler telling examples