discourse

Senso (English)

1. Verbal exchange, conversation.
2. Expression in words, either speech or writing.
3. A conversation.
4. A formal lengthy exposition of some subject, either spoken or written.
5. Any rational expression, reason.
6. An institutionalized way of thinking, a social boundary defining what can be said about a specific topic (after Michel Foucault).
7. (obsolete) Dealing; transaction.

talk

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address

speculation

wield

enlarge upon

make an address

monoloque

preachification

correspondence course

Frequenza

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈdɪskɔː(ɹ)s/

Inherited from inglese medio

discours

In summary

From Middle English discours, borrowed from Middle French discours (“conversation, speech”), from Latin discursus (“the act of running about”), from Latin discurrō (“run about”), from dis- (“apart”) + currō (“run”). Spelling modified by influence of Middle French cours (“course”). Doublet of discursus.

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