Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
1,737,490,720 visitors served.
forum mailing list For webmasters
?
New: Language forums
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

colloquial

   Also found in: Medical, Legal, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.03 sec.
col·lo·qui·al  (k-lkw-l)
adj.
1. Characteristic of or appropriate to the spoken language or to writing that seeks the effect of speech; informal.
2. Relating to conversation; conversational.

[From colloquy.]

col·loqui·al n.
col·loqui·al·ly adv.
col·loqui·al·ness n.

colloquial [kəˈləʊkwɪəl]
adj
1. (Linguistics) of or relating to conversation
2. (Linguistics) denoting or characterized by informal or conversational idiom or vocabulary Compare informal
colloquially  adv
colloquialness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.colloquial - characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation; "wrote her letters in a colloquial style"; "the broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English"
informal - used of spoken and written language

colloquial
adjective informal, familiar, everyday, vernacular, conversational, demotic, idiomatic He converses in colloquial Japanese as easily as in English.
Translations
colloquial [kəˈləʊkwɪəl] ADJcoloquial, familiar

colloquial [kəˈləʊkwiəl] adj [language, speech] → familier/ière; [term, sense] → familier/ière; [English] → parlé(e)

colloquial

colloquial [kəˈləʊkwɪəl] adj (word, phrase) → familiare; (style) → colloquiale
colloquial [kəˈləʊkwɪəl] adj (word, phrase) → familiare; (style) → colloquiale

colloquial
adj colloquial [kəˈləukwiəl]
of or used in everyday informal, especially spoken, language a colloquial expression. alledaags عامّي، دارِج разговорен hovorový dagligdags; daglidags-; hverdags-; talesprogs-; kollokvial umgangssprachlich καθημερινός, της καθομιλουμένης coloquial kõnekeelne محاوره ای؛ غیر رسمی puhekielinen familier דִיבּוִּרי प्रचलित svojstven razgovornom jeziku, kolokvijalan kötetlen társalgási nyelvi bahasa percakapan, bahasa sehari-hari talmáls- colloquiale 口語の 구어의 šnekamosios kalbos sarunu- (par valodu, vārdu, izteicienu) percakapan gemeenzaam dagligdags, hverdags-, talemåls- potoczny coloquial colocvial, familiar разговорный hovorový pogovoren kolokvijalni talspråklig, talspråks-, vardaglig ไม่เป็นทางการ konuşma diline ait 口語的,通俗語的 розмовний, нелітературний روز مرہ بول چال کا، عامیانہ thông tục
adv colˈloquially
omgangstaal بِصورَةٍ عامِّيَّه أو دارِجَه разговорно hovorově i daglig tale; i hverdagssproget; kollokvialt umgangssprachlich κοινά, στην καθομιλουμένη coloquialmente kõnekeelselt بطور عامیانه puhekielenomaisesti familièrement בִּשפַת הַדִבּוּר बोलचाल की भाषा की तरह kolokvijalan köznyelven secara tak resmi í talmáli in modo colloquiale 口語で 구어로 paprastai sakant sarunvalodā dengan percakapan gemeenzaam i dagligtalen potocznie coloquialmente (în mod) familiar разговорно hovorovo pogovorno kolokvijalno vardagligt, i dagligt tal อย่างไม่เป็นทางการ konuşma dilinde 口語地 нелітературно روزمرہ کی بول چال کے طریقے سے một cáh thông tục
n colˈloquialism
an expression used in colloquial language. spreektaaluitdrukking كَلِمَةٌ عامِّيَّه أو تَعْبيرٌ عامِّي разговорен израз hovorový výraz hverdagsudtryk; dagligdags ord; kollokvialisme umgangssprachlicher Ausdruck έκφραση της καθομιλουμένης expresión coloquial kõnekeelne väljend کاربرد عامیانه puhekielen ilmaisu expression familière בִּיטוּי דִבּוּרִי बोलचाल की शैली या ढंग riječ iz razgovornog jezika kötetlen nyelvi kifejezés ucapan sehari-hari talmál espressione colloquiale 口語的表現 구어적 표현, 구어체 šnekamosios kalbos žodis/posakis sarunvalodas vārds, izteiciens ucapan sehari-hari alledaagse uitdrukking hverdagsuttrykk, talemålsuttrykk wyrażenie potoczne coloquialismo expresie colocvială разговорное выражение hovorový výraz pogovorna oblika kolokvijalizam talspråksuttryck คำหรือวลีที่ใช้ในการพูดที่ไม่เป็นทางการ konuşma dilinde kullanılan sözcük/deyim 口語說法 розмовний вислів, розмовний стиль روزمرہ کا استعمال từ hoặc cụm từ thông tục


How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
Add definition
? Mentioned in ? References in classic literature
 
For the iambic is, of all measures, the most colloquial: we see it in the fact that conversational speech runs into iambic lines more frequently than into any other kind of verse; rarely into hexameters, and only when we drop the colloquial intonation.
His rhetoric there, and in certain of his historical studies, had a sort of luminous richness, without losing its colloquial ease.
As they approached the Way-lee-way, however, the communicative old chief met with another and a very different occasion to exert his colloquial powers.
 
Dictionary/thesaurus browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2009 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.