éloquence
French, noun/e.lɔ.kɑ̃s/
éloquence is spelled É-L-O-Q-U-E-N-C-E (9 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,512th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Éloquence is a French feminine noun meaning “eloquence (the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Don de la parole, talent de bien dire, d’émouvoir, de persuader, art d’entraîner”.
What does éloquence mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineeloquence (the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Don de la parole, talent de bien dire, d’émouvoir, de persuader, art d’entraîner. 2. Qualité de ce qui produit ou peut produire sur l’auditeur ou le spectateur les mêmes effets, les mêmes impressions que l’éloquence.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of éloquence
- éloquences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce éloquence?
- /e.lɔ.kɑ̃s/
- \e.lɔ.kɑ̃s\
- [e.lɔ.kɑ̃s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to éloquence
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is éloquence in French?
éloquence appears 1.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).