1751, from earlier termcolloquy(“a conversation”), fromLatincolloquium(“conference, conversation”), fromcon-(“together”) +loquor(“to speak”), +-al.
colloquial (comparativemorecolloquial,superlativemostcolloquial)
- (linguistics) Characteristic offamiliar conversation, ofcommonparlance;informal.
You're using too manycolloquial words in thiscover letter: I suggest changing "I picked up loads of cool skills" to "I acquired many positive abilities" Thecolloquial, and at times sarcastic, tone of her books makes her popular with teenagers.
2024 June 20, Eva Corlett, “Fidlets, fingies and riding a doo: study sheds light on Antarctic English slang”, inThe Guardian[1]: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 speakscolloquial Antarctic English.
- Of or pertaining to aconversation;conversational orchatty.
It is a common misconception thatcolloquial somehow denotes "local" or a word being "regional". This is not the case; the word root forcolloquial is related tolocution, notlocation. A more appropriate word for describing "local" or "regional" language isvernacular.
Note that whilecolloquy andcolloquium refer toformal conversation,colloquial refers instead specifically toinformal conversation (casual tone). This does not always meanspoken as opposed towritten, but it always means informal as opposed to formal.
of oral communication language
- Arabic:(Eastern Arabic)عَامِّيّ(ʕāmmiyy),(Western Arabic)دَارِج(dārij)
- Armenian:խոսակցական (hy)(xosakcʻakan)
- Belarusian:размо́ўны(razmówny)
- Bulgarian:разгово́рен (bg)(razgovóren)
- Catalan:col·loquial
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:口語 /口语 (zh)(kǒuyǔ)
- Czech:hovorový (cs)
- Danish:dagligsprogs-
- Dutch:informeel (nl),spreektalig,(dictionary term)gemeenzaam (nl),in de volksmond
- Esperanto:vulgara
- Estonian:kõnekeelne (et),argikeelne
- Finnish:puhekielinen (fi)
- French:familier (fr),parlé (fr)
- Galician:coloquial (gl)
- Georgian:სალაპარაკო(salaṗaraḳo),სალაპარაკო ენა(salaṗaraḳo ena),სასაუბრო (ka)(sasaubro),სასაუბრო ენა(sasaubro ena)
- German:umgangssprachlich (de),Umgangs- (de)(noun prefix)
- Greek:κοινολεκτικός (el)(koinolektikós),δημώδης (el)(dimódis),καθομιλούμενος(kathomiloúmenos)
- Ancient Greek:λεκτικός(lektikós)
- Hungarian:köznyelvi (hu),társalgási (hu),kötetlen (hu),fesztelen (hu),hétköznapi (hu)
- Interlingua:colloquial
- Irish:comhráiteach
- Italian:colloquiale (it),familiare (it)
- Japanese:口語体(こうごたい, kōgotai),話し言葉の(はなしことばの, hanashikotoba no),口語の (ja)(こうごの, kōgo no)
- Korean:구어(口語)의(gueo-ui),구어체(口語體)의(gueoche-ui)
- Luxembourgish:ëmgangssproochlech (lb)
- Macedonian:разговорен(razgovoren)
- Norwegian:hverdagslig
- Pannonian Rusyn:бешедни(bešedni)
- Persian:عامیانه (fa)('âmmiyâne)
- Polish:kolokwialny (pl),potoczny (pl),obiegowy (pl),swobodny (pl)
- Portuguese:coloquial (pt)
- Romanian:colocvial (ro),familiar (ro)
- Russian:разгово́рный (ru)(razgovórnyj),неформа́льный (ru)(neformálʹnyj),нелитерату́рный (ru)(neliteratúrnyj)
- Slovak:hovorový
- Slovene:pogovorni
- Spanish:coloquial (es),familiar (es)
- Swedish:vardaglig (sv)
- Tagalog:kolokyal
- Thai:ภาษาปาก (th)(paa-sǎa-bpàak),ซึ่งปาก
- Ukrainian:розмо́вний(rozmóvnyj),просторі́чний(prostoríčnyj)
- Vietnamese:thông tục (vi),bình dân (vi)
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colloquial (pluralcolloquials)
- A colloquial word or phrase,colloquialism.
