colloquial

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• Received-Pronunciation: /kəˈləʊ.kwɪəl/
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• General-American: /kəˈloʊ.kwi.əl/
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• CMU ARPABET: K AH0 L OW1 K W IY0 AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *telkw- Proto-Indo-European *tlokwetorder. Proto-Italic *tlokwōr Latin loquor Latin colloquor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin colloquiumder. Middle English colloquies English colloquy English -al English colloquial 1751, from earlier term colloquy (“a conversation”), from Latin colloquium (“conference, conversation”), from con- (“together”) + loquor (“to speak”), + -al.

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: عَامِّيّ (ʕāmmiyy) — of oral communication language
• Arabic: دَارِج (dārij) — of oral communication language
• Armenian: խոսակցական (xosakcʻakan) — of oral communication language
• Belarusian: размо́ўны (razmówny) — of oral communication language
• Bulgarian: разгово́рен (razgovóren) — of oral communication language
• Catalan: col·loquial — of oral communication language
• Chinese Mandarin: 口語 /口语 (kǒuyǔ) — of oral communication language
• Czech: hovorový — of oral communication language
• Danish: dagligsprogs- — of oral communication language
• Dutch: informeel — of oral communication language
• Dutch: spreektalig — of oral communication language
• Dutch: gemeenzaam — of oral communication language
• Dutch: in de volksmond — of oral communication language
• Esperanto: vulgara — of oral communication language
• Estonian: kõnekeelne — of oral communication language
• Estonian: argikeelne — of oral communication language
• Finnish: puhekielinen — of oral communication language
• French: familier — of oral communication language
• French: parlé — of oral communication language
• Galician: coloquial — of oral communication language
• Georgian: სალაპარაკო (salaṗaraḳo) — of oral communication language
• Georgian: სალაპარაკო ენა (salaṗaraḳo ena) — of oral communication language
• Georgian: სასაუბრო (sasaubro) — of oral communication language
• Georgian: სასაუბრო ენა (sasaubro ena) — of oral communication language
• German: umgangssprachlich — of oral communication language
• German: Umgangs- — of oral communication language
• Greek: κοινολεκτικός (koinolektikós) — of oral communication language
• Greek: δημώδης (dimódis) — of oral communication language
• Greek: καθομιλούμενος (kathomiloúmenos) — of oral communication language
• Ancient Greek: λεκτικός (lektikós) — of oral communication language
• Hungarian: köznyelvi — of oral communication language
• Hungarian: társalgási — of oral communication language
• Hungarian: kötetlen — of oral communication language
• Hungarian: fesztelen — of oral communication language
• Hungarian: hétköznapi — of oral communication language
• Interlingua: colloquial — of oral communication language
• Irish: comhráiteach — of oral communication language
• Italian: colloquiale — of oral communication language
• Italian: familiare — of oral communication language
• Japanese: 口語体 (kōgotai) — of oral communication language
• Japanese: 話し言葉の (hanashikotoba no) — of oral communication language
• Japanese: 口語の (kōgo no) — of oral communication language
• Korean: 구어(口語)의 (gueo-ui) — of oral communication language
• Korean: 구어체(口語體)의 (gueoche-ui) — of oral communication language
• Luxembourgish: ëmgangssproochlech — of oral communication language
• Macedonian: разговорен (razgovoren) — of oral communication language
• Norwegian: hverdagslig — of oral communication language
• Pannonian Rusyn: бешедни (bešedni) — of oral communication language
• Persian: عامیانه ('âmmiyâne) — of oral communication language
• Polish: kolokwialny — of oral communication language
• Polish: potoczny — of oral communication language
• Polish: obiegowy — of oral communication language
• Polish: swobodny — of oral communication language
• Portuguese: coloquial — of oral communication language
• Romanian: colocvial — of oral communication language
• Romanian: familiar — of oral communication language
• Russian: разгово́рный (razgovórnyj) — of oral communication language
• Russian: неформа́льный (neformálʹnyj) — of oral communication language
• Russian: нелитерату́рный (neliteratúrnyj) — of oral communication language
• Slovak: hovorový — of oral communication language
• Slovene: pogovorni — of oral communication language
• Spanish: coloquial — of oral communication language
• Spanish: familiar — of oral communication language
• Swedish: vardaglig — of oral communication language
• Tagalog: kolokyal — of oral communication language
• Thai: ภาษาปาก (paa-sǎa-bpàak) — of oral communication language
• Thai: ซึ่งปาก — of oral communication language
• Ukrainian: розмо́вний (rozmóvnyj) — of oral communication language
• Ukrainian: просторі́чний (prostoríčnyj) — of oral communication language
• Vietnamese: thông tục — of oral communication language
• Vietnamese: bình dân — of oral communication language