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éloquent

/e.lɔ.kɑ̃/

adjective/e.lɔ.kɑ̃/

eloquent (fluently persuasive and articulate); eloquent; descriptive

Inherited from Middle French eloquent, from Old French eloquent, borrowed from Latin ēloquentem (“speaking, having the faculty of speech, eloquent”), present participle of ēloquī (“to speak out”), from ē- (“out”) + loquī (“to speak”).

éloquent — French Dictionary | Passage