English Explanatory Dictionary

speke

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. Obsolete spelling of speak.
name
  1. A suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ4383).
  2. A surname.

Pronunciation

/spiːk/

Word forms

speke

Etymology

* As an English surname, variant of Speak, itself a variant of Speake, all related to the placename below. * The placename is either from Old English spec (“brushwood”) or the obsolete noun speight (“woodpecker”).

Related words

Brampford Speke

Derived words

Speke's antelope Speke's gazelle
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