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prise de parole

French, noun/pʁiz də pa.ʁɔl/

prise de parole is spelled P-R-I-S-E-D-E-P-A-R-O-L-E (13 letters). Prise de parole is a French feminine noun meaning “speech” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fait de commencer à parler”.

What does prise de parole mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininespeech

  2. 2

    femininethe act of starting to speak

  3. 3

    femininethe act of manifesting

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Fait de commencer à parler. 2. Fait de parler en public. 3. Se manifester.

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 prise de parole

  • prises de parole plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce prise de parole?

  • /pʁiz də pa.ʁɔl/
  • \pʁiz də pa.ʁɔl\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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