different between interlocutor vs talker

English

Alternative forms

• interlocutour (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??nt??l?kj?t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??nt???l?kj?t??/

Etymology 1

A noun-form of Latin interloquor (“speak between, issue an interlocutory decree”), from inter- + loquor (“speak”).

Noun

interlocutor (plural interlocutors)

1. A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation.
   • 1894, Calvin Thomas, "The Teacher's Outfit in German," The School Review, vol. 2, no. 7, p. 406,

     Explanations which continually remind one's interlocutor of one's ignorance are a great damper upon the easy flow of talk.

2. A man in the middle of the line in a minstrel show who questions the end men and acts as leader.
   • 1991, Maureen Costonis, "Martha Graham's American Document: A Minstrel Show in Modern Dance Dress," American Music, vol. 9, no. 3, p. 299,

     The "interlocutor" greeted the audience and engaged in comical repartee with the "end men," named Tambo and Bones.

3. (law) An interlocutory judgement or sentence.

Synonyms

• (a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation): converser, conversant, conversationalist, conversational partner, collocutor

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From French interlocutoire, from Latin interloc?t?rium.

Noun

interlocutor (plural interlocutors)

1. (Scotland, law) A decree of a court.
   • 1869, "The Judicial System of Scotland," The American Law Register (1852-1891), vol. 17, no. 5, p. 257,

     A decree of the English Court of Chancery is not entitled to more respect in Scotland than a decree (interlocutor) of the Scottish Court of Session in England.

Translations

Catalan

Noun

interlocutor m (plural interlocutors, feminine interlocutora)

1. interlocutor (a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation)

Further reading

• “interlocutor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “interlocutor” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “interlocutor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “interlocutor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Noun

interlocutor m (plural interlocutores, feminine interlocutora, feminine plural interlocutoras)

1. interlocutor (a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation)

Romanian

Etymology

From French interlocuteur

Noun

interlocutor m (plural interlocutori)

1. interlocutor

Declension

Spanish

Noun

interlocutor m (plural interlocutores, feminine interlocutora, feminine plural interlocutoras)

1. interlocutor
   • 1975, Jorge Luis Borges, The Book of Sand, "The Other", p. 19:

     Los dos mentíamos y cada cual sabía que su interlocutor estaba mintiendo.

     We were both lying and each one of us knew that his interlocutor was lying.

2. negotiator

English

Etymology

From Middle English talkere, equivalent to talk +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??k?(?)

Noun

talker (plural talkers)

1. A person who talks, especially one who gives a speech, or is loquacious or garrulous.

   What this country needs is a smooth talker.

   That guy's a real talker.

2. Any creature or machine that talks.

   Some parrots are vociferous talkers.

3. (informal, media) A talk show
4. (informal, media) A talk-show host.
5. (informal, media) An all-talk radio station.
6. (informal, media) A popular topic of conversation.

   The royal engagement is likely to be a top talker right through the wedding.

7. (informal, politics) A talking point.
8. (Internet) A stripped-down version of a MUD which is designed for talking, predating instant messengers; a kind of early chat room.
9. (informal) Mouth.

Synonyms

• speaker

Derived terms

• nontalker
• shelf-talker
• straight talker
• table talker

See also

• talker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia