articulate

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (transitive) To make clear or effective.
2. (ambitransitive) To speak clearly; to enunciate.
3. (transitive) To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.
4. (transitive) To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.
5. (transitive) To attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.
6. (intransitive) To form a joint or connect by joints.
7. (obsolete) To treat or make terms.

Adj

1. Clear; effective.
2. Speaking in a clear and effective manner; having both good articulation and good elocution.
3. Consisting of segments united by joints.
4. Distinctly marked off.
5. (obsolete) Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
6. (obsolete) Related to human speech, as distinct from the vocalisation of animals.
7. (obsolete) Articulated (all senses).

Noun

An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.

Sinonieme

pronounce

enunciate

utter

eloquent

clear

express

vocalize

enounce

fluent

formulate

say

🗣️

articulated

word

sound

🔉

joint

phrase

well-spoken

give voice

voice

vocalise

enuciate

fit together

sound out

speak

🗣️

obvious

join

lucid

state

construe

connective

catenate

connection

connected

bright

connect

conjunction

bond

concise

concatenation

binding

approachable

account for

fathomable

concatenate

fastening

comprehensible

bind

form

expound

explicit

Vertalings

articuler

articular

αρθρώνω

artikulieren

articular

articulat

articuleren

articulado

articulado

articolare

geleed

éloquent

formuler

articulé

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɑː(ɹ)ˈtɪk.jʊ.lət/

Etimologie (Engels)

The adjective is first attested in 1531, the verb in 1551; borrowed from Latin articulātus (“distinct, articulated, jointed”), perfect passive participle of articulō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.