adv
Meaning 1
In a colloquial manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domesticated ungulates.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
colloquially
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /kəˈləʊ.kwɪəli/
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General-American: /kəˈloʊ.kwi.əli/
adverb
Meaning 2
with the use of colloquial expressions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- this building is colloquially referred to as The Barn
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conversationally, informally
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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 *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English colloquially From colloquial + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: col·loquialment — in a colloquial manner
- Czech: hovorově — in a colloquial manner
- Italian: colloquialmente — in a colloquial manner
- Latin: colloquialiter — in a colloquial manner
- Polish: potocznie — in a colloquial manner
- Polish: kolokwialnie — in a colloquial manner
- Portuguese: coloquialmente — in a colloquial manner
- Russian: разговорно (razgovorno) — in a colloquial manner
- Serbo-Croatian: kolokvijalno — in a colloquial manner
- Spanish: coloquialmente — in a colloquial manner
Real reading context