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Definition of 'ventriloquism'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) ventriloquism
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.

Etymology: (1790–1800; ventriloqu(y) (< ML ventriloquium= LL ventriloqu(us) a ventriloquist (ventri-ventri - +-loquus, der. of loquī to speak) +-ium -ium¹) + -ism)

Definition of 'ventriloquism'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) ventriloquism, ventriloquy
the art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy)

Definition of 'ventriloquism'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) ventriloquism
the act, art, or practice of speaking in such a manner that the voice appears to come, not from the person speaking, but from some other source, as from the opposite side of the room, from the cellar, etc

Translation of 'ventriloquism'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: 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.
Afrikaans: buikspraak	Arabic: تَكَلُّم من البَطن دون تَ	Bulgarian: вентролоквизъм
Brazilian: ventriloquismo	Czech: břichomluvectví	German: das Bauchreden
Danish: bugtaleri	Greek: εγγαστριμυθία	Spanish: ventriloquia
Estonian: kõhurääkimine	Farsi: کلام بطنی	Finnish: vatsastapuhuminen
French: ventriloquie	Hebrew: דִיבּוּר מְהַבֶּטֶן	Hindi: पेटबोली
Croatian: trbuhozborenje	Hungarian: hasbeszélés	Indonesian: ventrilokuisme
Icelandic: búktal	Italian: ventriloquio	Japanese: 腹話術
Korean: 복화술	Lithuanian: pilvakalbystė	Latvian: vēderrunāšana
Malay: ventrilokisme	Dutch: het buikspreken	Norwegian: buktalerkunst
Polish: brzuchomówstwo	Portuguese: ventriloquismo	Romanian: ventrilogie
Russian: чревовещание	Slovak: bruchovrava	Slovenian: govorjenje iz trebuha
Serbian: govor iz stomaka	Swedish: buktalarkonst	Thai: การพากย์เสียง
Turkish: karnından konuşma	Taiwanese: 口技，腹語術	Ukrainian: черевомовлення
Urdu: ايسي آواز ميں بات کرنا ک	Vietnamese: thuật nói tiếng bụng	Chinese: 口技，腹语术
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