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talk·a·tive    Audio Help   [taw-kuh-tiv] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
inclined to talk a great deal: One drink and she became very talkative.
[Origin: 1400–50; late ME; see talk, -ative]

—Related forms
talk·a·tive·ly, adverb
talk·a·tive·ness, noun

—Synonyms wordy, verbose, prolix. Talkative, garrulous, loquacious characterize a person who talks a great deal. Talkative is a neutral or mildly unfavorable word applied to a person who is inclined to talk a great deal, sometimes without significance: a talkative child. The garrulous person talks with wearisome persistence, usually about personal and trivial things: a garrulous old man. A loquacious person, intending to be sociable, talks continuously and at length: a loquacious host.
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talk·a·tive    Audio Help   (tô'kə-tĭv)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Marked by or having a disposition to talk.

talk'a·tive·ly adv., talk'a·tive·ness n.
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talkative

adjective
1. full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by gabby neighbors" [syn: chatty] 
2. unwisely talking too much [syn: bigmouthed] 
3. friendly and open and willing to talk; "wine made the guest expansive" [syn: expansive] 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
talkative [ˈtoːkətiv] adjective
talking a lot
Example: a talkative person
Arabic: ثَرْثار
Chinese (Simplified): 健谈的
Chinese (Traditional): 健談的
Czech: mnohomluvný
Danish: snakkesalig
Dutch: praatziek
Estonian: jutukas
Finnish: puhelias
French: bavard
German: geschwätzig
Greek: ομιλητικός
Hungarian: bőbeszédű
Icelandic: málglaður
Indonesian: suka bicara
Italian: loquace
Japanese: おしゃべりな
Korean: 수다스러운
Latvian: runātīgs; pļāpīgs
Lithuanian: šnekus
Norwegian: snakkesalig, pratsom
Polish: gadatliwy
Portuguese (Brazil): falador
Portuguese (Portugal): falador
Romanian: vorbăreţ
Russian: разговорчивый
Slovak: zhovorčivý, mnohovravný
Slovenian: klepetav
Spanish: hablador
Swedish: pratsam
Turkish: konuşkan
See also: talk show, talking book, talking head, talking-point, talking-to, talk, talk (someone) into / out of (doing), talk back, talk big, talk down to, talk over, talk round, talk sense/nonsense, talk shop

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