ventriloquism

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ven·tril·o·quism

(vĕn-trĭl′ə-kwĭz′əm)

The art of projecting one's voice so that it seems to come from another source, as from a wooden figure.

[From Latin ventriloquus, speaking from the belly : venter, ventr-, belly + loquī, to speak; see tolk^w- in Indo-European roots.]

ven′tri·lo′qui·al (-trə-lō′kwē-əl) adj.

ventriloquism

(vɛnˈtrɪləˌkwɪzəm) or

ventriloquy

(Theatre) the art of producing vocal sounds that appear to come from another source

[C18: from Latin venter belly + loquī to speak]

ventriloquial, ventriloqual adj

ˌventriˈloquially adv

venˈtriloquist n

venˌtriloˈquistic adj

ven•tril•o•quism

(vɛnˈtrɪl əˌkwɪz əm)

also ven•tril•o•quy

(-kwi)

n.

the art or practice of speaking with little or no lip movement so that the voice does not appear to come from the speaker but from another source.

[1790–1800; ventriloqu(y) (< Medieval Latin ventriloquium= Late Latin ventriloqu(us) a ventriloquist (ventri- ventri- + -loquus, derivative of loquī to speak) + -ium -ium¹) + -ism]

ven`tri•lo′qui•al (-trəˈloʊ kwi əl) ven•tril′o•qual, adj.

ven`tri•lo′qui•al•ly, adv.

ventriloquism

the art or practice of speaking so that the voice seems not to come from the speaker but from another source, as from a mechanical doll. Also called ventriloquy, ventrilocution, gastriloquism. — ventriloquist, n. — ven-triloquistic, adj.

ventriloquism

[venˈtrɪləkwɪzəm] N → ventriloquia f

ventriloquism

n → Bauchredekunst f, → Bauchreden nt

ventriloquism

[vɛnˈtrɪləˌkwɪzəm] n → ventriloquio

ventriloquist

(venˈtriləkwist) noun

a professional entertainer who can speak so that his voice seems to come from some other person or place, especially from a dummy which he controls.

venˈtriloquism noun

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