Meaning

noun an exchange of ideas via conversation

noun discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of')

noun the act of giving a talk to an audience

originFrom Middle English talken, talkien, from Old English *tealcian (“to talk, chat”), from Proto-West Germanic *talkōn, from Proto-Germanic *talkōną (“to talk, chatter”), frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *talōną (“to count, recount, tell”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol-, *del- (“to aim, calculate, adjust, count”), equivalent to tell + -k. Cognates Cognate with Low German taalken (“to chatter,…

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