colloquialism

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• UK: /kəˈləʊ.kwi.əˌlɪz.əm/
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• US: /kəˈloʊ.kwi.əˌlɪz.əm/
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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 Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English colloquialism From colloquial + -ism.

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: عَامِّيَّة (ʕāmmiyya) — colloquial expression
• Arabic: دَارِجَة (dārija) — colloquial expression
• Bulgarian: разговорен израз (razgovoren izraz) — colloquial expression
• Chinese Mandarin: 口語 /口语 (kǒuyǔ) — colloquial expression
• Chinese Mandarin: 俗語 /俗语 (súyǔ) — colloquial expression
• Chinese Mandarin: 白話 /白话 (báihuà) — colloquial expression
• Finnish: puhekielen ilmaus — colloquial expression
• Finnish: puhekielinen ilmaus — colloquial expression
• French: expression familière — colloquial expression
• Georgian: კოლოკვიალიზმი (ḳoloḳvializmi) — colloquial expression
• Georgian: სასაუბრო სიტყვა (sasaubro siṭq̇va) — colloquial expression
• Georgian: სასაუბრო გამონათქვამი (sasaubro gamonatkvami) — colloquial expression
• Georgian: სალაპარაკო გამონათქვამი (salaṗaraḳo gamonatkvami) — colloquial expression
• German: Umgangssprachausdruck — colloquial expression
• Greek: κοινολεξία (koinolexía) — colloquial expression
• Japanese: 口語表現 (kōgo hyōgen) — colloquial expression
• Japanese: 俗語 (zokugo) — colloquial expression
• Japanese: 口語 (kōgo) — colloquial expression
• Korean: 구어 (gueo) — colloquial expression
• Korean: 속어 (sogeo) — colloquial expression
• Latvian: vienkāršruna — colloquial expression
• Latvian: sarunvalodas izteiciens — colloquial expression
• Latvian: sarunvalodas vārds — colloquial expression
• Māori: kīwaha — colloquial expression
• Norwegian Bokmål: hverdagsuttrykk — colloquial expression
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvardagsuttrykk — colloquial expression
• Polish: kolokwializm — colloquial expression
• Polish: potocyzm — colloquial expression
• Polish: wyrażenie potoczne — colloquial expression
• Portuguese: coloquialismo — colloquial expression
• Russian: просторе́чие (prostoréčije) — colloquial expression
• Russian: разгово́рное выраже́ние (razgovórnoje vyražénije) — colloquial expression
• Spanish: coloquialismo — colloquial expression
• Swedish: slang — colloquial expression
• Swedish: talspråk — colloquial expression
• Tagalog: pansalitaan — colloquial expression
• Bulgarian: разговорен език (razgovoren ezik) — colloquial style of speaking
• Bulgarian: разговорна реч (razgovorna reč) — colloquial style of speaking
• German: Gemeinsprache — colloquial style of speaking
• German: Umgangssprache — colloquial style of speaking
• German: Alltagssprache — colloquial style of speaking
• German: volkstümlicher Sprachgebrauch — colloquial style of speaking
• Polish: język potoczny — colloquial style of speaking
• Polish: mowa potoczna — colloquial style of speaking
• Polish: język obiegowy — colloquial style of speaking
• Polish: język pospolity — colloquial style of speaking
• Polish: język swobodny — colloquial style of speaking
• Polish: język powszechny — colloquial style of speaking
• Tagalog: kolokyal — colloquial style of speaking