take the floor

English

Verb

take the floor (third-person singular simple present takes the floor, present participle taking the floor, simple past took the floor, past participle taken the floor)

1. (intransitive) To speak at a public meeting.

Related terms

• have the floor
• give the floor

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: het woord nemen
• Finnish: pitää puheenvuoro, ottaa puheenvuoro
• French: prendre la parole (fr)
• German: das Wort ergreifen
• Italian: prendere parola
• Polish: zabierać głos (pl) impf, zabrać głos (pl) pf
• Romanian: lua cuvântul