discourse

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

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.

Verb

1. To engage in discussion or conversation; to converse.
2. To write or speak formally and at length.
3. (obsolete) To debate.
4. To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason.
5. (obsolete) To produce or emit (musical sounds).

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈdɪskɔː(ɹ)s/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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.