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colloquial

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21
Words With Friends
26
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/kəˈləʊ.kwɪəl/
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/kəˈləʊ.kwɪəl/ · /kəˈloʊ.kwi.əl/

Definition of colloquial

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (colloquial, comparative)Characteristic of familiar conversation, of common parlance; informal.
    “You're using too many colloquial words in this cover letter: I suggest changing "I picked up loads of cool skills" to "I acquired many positive abilities"”
    “The colloquial, and at times sarcastic, tone of her books makes her popular with teenagers.”
    “If you know what it means to be a “fidlet” going for a “jolly” in your “doo”, then you are part of an exclusive club that speaks colloquial Antarctic English.”
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adj

  1. (colloquial, comparative)Characteristic of familiar conversation, of common parlance; informal.
    “You're using too many colloquial words in this cover letter: I suggest changing "I picked up loads of cool skills" to "I acquired many positive abilities"”
    “The colloquial, and at times sarcastic, tone of her books makes her popular with teenagers.”
    “If you know what it means to be a “fidlet” going for a “jolly” in your “doo”, then you are part of an exclusive club that speaks colloquial Antarctic English.”
  2. (colloquial, comparative)Of or pertaining to a conversation; conversational or chatty.

noun

  1. A colloquial word or phrase, colloquialism.

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin loquor Latin colloquor Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin colloquiumder. Middle…

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin loquor Latin colloquor Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin colloquiumder. Middle English colloquies English colloquy Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English colloquial 1751, from earlier term colloquy (“a conversation”), from Latin colloquium (“conference, conversation”), from con- (“together”) + loquor (“to speak”), + -al.

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