Colloquial

Col-lo′qui-al

,

Adj.

[See

.]

Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal;

as,

colloquial

intercourse;

colloquial

phrases; a

colloquial

style

.

–

Col-lo′qui-al-ly

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adv.

His [Johnson’s]

colloquial

talents were, indeed, of the highest order.

Macaulay.

Colloquial

COLLOQUIAL

,

Adj.

[See Colloquy.] Pertaining to common conversation, or to mutual discourse; as colloquial language; a colloquial phrase.

colloquial

See also: col·loquial

English

Adjective

colloquial ‎(comparative more colloquial, superlative most colloquial)

(linguistics) Denoting a manner of speaking or writing that is characteristic of familiar conversation; informal.
Of or pertaining to a conversation; conversational or chatty.

Usage notes

Note that while colloquy and colloquium refer to formal conversation, colloquial refers instead specifically to informal conversation.

Synonyms

colloq., coll.

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Translations

of oral communication language

Arabic: (Eastern Arabic) عَامِّيّ ‎(ʿāmmiyy), (Western Arabic) دَارِج ‎(dārij)
Armenian: խոսակցական (hy) ‎(xosakcʿakan)
Bulgarian: разговорен (bg) m ‎(razgovoren)
Catalan: col·loquial
Chinese:
Mandarin: 口語 (zh), 口语 (zh) ‎(kǒuyǔ)
Czech: hovorový (cs)
Danish: dagligsprogs-
Dutch: gemeenzaam, idiomatisch (nl), van de spreektaal, informeel (nl)
Estonian: kõnekeelne (et), argikeelne
Finnish: arkikielinen (fi), puhekielinen (fi)
French: familier (fr), parlé (fr)
Georgian: სალაპარაკო ‎(salaṗaraḳo)

German: umgangssprachlich (de), Umgangs- (de) (noun prefix)
Greek: κοινολεκτικός (el) m ‎(koinolektikós), δημώδης (el) m ‎(dimódis), καθομιλούμενος m ‎(kathomiloúmenos)
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)
Luxembourgish: ëmgangssproochlech
Macedonian: разговорно ‎(razgovorno)
Polish: kolokwialny (pl), potoczny (pl)
Portuguese: coloquial (pt)
Romanian: colocvial (ro), familiar (ro)
Russian: разгово́рный (ru) m ‎(razgovórnyj), нелитерату́рный (ru) m ‎(neliteratúrnyj)
Slovene: pogovorni m
Spanish: coloquial (es), familiar (es)
Swedish: vardaglig (sv)
Thai: ภาษาปาก (th), ซึ่งปาก

Noun

colloquial ‎(plural colloquials)

A colloquial word or phrase, colloquialism

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